Ex-Synod Is a Civil War between Generals without Soldiers

On October 4, Francis opened his ex-synod by preaching against what the whole synod is all about: “a purely natural vision, made up of human strategies, political calculations or ideological battles.”

And, “We are not here to carry out a parliamentary session or a reform plan. No, we are here to walk together with the gaze of Jesus.”

At the end of the open-air eucharist, Francis didn't drive past "the people", probably, because there were hardly any present. There were far fewer people than there were seats available.

Francis' presiding table was stripped of any ornament. There was a cross aside the altar and candlesticks ... on the floor.

During the ex-synod, the members - 73% of them bishops - sat at round tables for the first time. Cardinal Hollerich explained that "the round tables remind us that none of us is a star in this synod."

Cardinal Grech insisted that "for the first time" lay members were no longer "exceptions to the norm" but full voting members [thus depriving the ex-synod of any authority].

Francis claimed that if the ex-synod members were to speak with one voice and made the same statements, it meant that “the Holy Spirit was not here” – as if the Holy Spirit, rather than the devil, was the champion of discord.

The pro-Francis IlSismografo.Blogspot.com described the atmosphere surrounding the ex-synod as “a kind of ‘civil war’ between generals, without soldiers.”

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