It is within the sacred space of the sacrament of reconciliation that someone can come to be heard.

The Synod on Synodality is good news for all the baptized, and in particular, it is good news for women.

From the very beginning, the church reaches decisions that are complicated, human, messy, often ad hoc—this is what the Holy Spirit protecting and guiding the church looks like.

I’m surprised to find that it’s my confusion about the synodal process that has grown more than my enthusiasm for what is being discussed.

Many Catholics like myself who have followed the development of synodality under Pope Francis have been convinced that the decision to open synod voting to non-bishops was all but inevitable.

For the first time in the history of the synod, Pope Francis has given women the right to vote and has also made a radical change to the membership of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality.