They will continue to focus on the theme: “For a synodal church: communion, participation and mission.”

We will have to endure the current flawed translation of the Roman missal unless liturgists, priests and people in the pews support the synod’s call for change. 

Members at last October’s synod, which included cardinals, bishops, women and men religious, lay men and women, noted their concern with the almost total absence of parish priests at the synod assembly.

The controversy over blessing gay couples is just another example of synodality at work, according to Sr. Nathalie Becquart.

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Among the main concerns they mentioned were the role of the laity, especially of women; the contribution of the church on ecology in light of the encyclical “Laudato Si’”; and “spiritual conversation,” a method of discernment that was adopted to structure discussions during the first assembly that could become a major legacy of the synod.