Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Did you participate in the diocesan discussions leading up to next year’s Synod of Bishops? Neither did I.
Were you invited to discussion groups and listening sessions? Neither was I.
Oh, there were official announcements, no doubt, in diocesan newspapers and even parish bulletins. But like the vast majority of American Catholics, I paid them no notice. No one sought me out personally, to invite my participation. Which is fine with me, because—as I have explained more than once in the past—I have profound misgivings about this synod and the awkward, time-consuming, self-referential process it has begotten. Read the rest here.
