Enlarge the tent: Synod document sees calls for greater inclusion
Cardinal Mario Grech, centre, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, speaks at a news conference at the Vatican to present the document for the continental phase of the synod on synodality. Also pictured are Italian
Jesuit Fr Giacomo Costa, adviser to the secretary-general of the synod, and Anna Rowlands, professor of Catholic social thought and practice at Durham University in Britain. Photo: CNS
Staff Reporter Around the world, listening sessions for the Synod of Bishops gave many participants a sense of finally being listened to, but they also raised questions about how to promote greater inclusion in the Church while staying true to eternal Church teaching. Two of the issues raised most often in reports sent to the…