Rome feels the bustle of returning synod delegates as Catholics wait on action
VATICAN CITY (RNS)-- One can't prevent a sense of remembrance in Rome today, as the daily swarms of travelers are signed up with by pilgrims, pastors and prelates here for the 2nd round of the Vatican's Synod on Synodality, whose preliminary was consummated in October 2023. While a synod in the Catholic Church generally suggests a conference of bishops, Francis has actually likewise welcomed priests and females spiritual along with laypeople, the majority of them the exact same faces as in 2015. For some members of journalism corps, it seems like Groundhog Day has actually pertained to the Vatican.
In the spirit of synodality, which the Vatican approximately equates as "travelling together," the delegates this year and last have actually been seated at circular tables, suggested to show an...