"Conceived by an unscrupulous politician": Caminante Wanderer on the Synod and Its "Instrumentum Doloris" Pope in the Paul VI hall, where the Synod will be held Last week, the Instrumentum laboris of the Synod on Synodality, which will take place over the course of two years, beginning this October 4, was made public. The Catholic media have already published several analyses of the very long document. I recommend this post from the Missa in Latino blog where you can find links to several of them (in Italian). It is not a question, then, of repeating what has already been said, and well said, but we can propose some additional reflections. Cathedral of Manila in "Pledge of Loyalty" exalts Pope Francis as "the very personification of the spirit of Vatican II" Another exhibit for the freakshow known as Hyperpapalism (i.e., ultramontanism on steroids). In Manila, apparently in 2018, Cardinal Tagle started the custom of making a "Pledge of Loyalty" to the Great Leader after the Creed on …