In addition to the difficulty of changing the attitudes of Catholics accustomed to a “command and control model” of church, the synod faces several logistical challenges.

Nothing leaves Jesus indifferent; everything is of concern to him. Encountering faces, meeting eyes, sharing each individual’s history.

The synod is intended to involve all the baptized—bishops, clergy, religious and laity—at the diocesan and continental levels.

And why is Pope Francis holding a synod on synodality?