"The Church Occupied" The "people of God having", it seems, "set out on the road", the essential thing is to "walk together". But in what direction? History doesn't say. The whole text is a verbal logorrhea that only ecclesiastical functionaries with a penchant for box-ticking and no grasp of reality will get drunk on. Who, after all, has seen the crowds that the Instrumentum laboris describes as …More
"The Church Occupied" The "people of God having", it seems, "set out on the road", the essential thing is to "walk together". But in what direction? History doesn't say. The whole text is a verbal logorrhea that only ecclesiastical functionaries with a penchant for box-ticking and no grasp of reality will get drunk on. Who, after all, has seen the crowds that the Instrumentum laboris describes as "the path on which the people of God advance with enthusiasm"? To date, the only crowds we've seen are those at the Pentecost pilgrimage to Chartres, where it's not clear that the Church's synodality is a major concern. ... this text, which we are told is not a magisterial text, will undoubtedly create more confusion than consolidation in the faith. It's hard to see African bishops opening up to the demands of the LGBT lobby! As for the denunciation of clericalism, it brings a yellow smile to the faces of all those who observe the relentless battle waged by many bishops, first and foremost the bishop of Rome, against the part of the people of God attached to the celebration of the traditional Roman mass. Homos, yes! Tradis, no!
