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JesuiticalOctober 11, 2023
Julian Paparella shakes hands with Pope Francis at the 2018 Synod on Young People (Vatican Media)

The synod on synodality learned a lot from the young people who attended the youth synod in 2018, says Julian Paparella, who was 25 years old when he addressed hundreds of bishops in that assembly. Now studying in Rome, he joins Zac and Ashley to shed light on the dynamic at work inside synods and how the process has evolved over the past five years to truly listen to lay—and especially younger—people. They also discuss:

  • The young people’s call in 2018 for greater inclusion of women in the church
  • The balance between learning synodality and tackling the hot-button issues that matter to many people who feel excluded from the church
  • How conversion happens inside a synod among the participants

In Signs of the Times, the part of the show where the hosts sift through Catholic news of the week, the hosts discuss the complicated process of the discussions in the synod on synodality.

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