Originally published at The Catholic Thing
“Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches” (Rev. 2:11). This passage from Scripture is frequently quoted to justify a so-called “synodal Church,” a concept that contradicts the Catholic understanding of the Church. Factions with ulterior motives have hijacked the traditional principle of synodality, meaning collegiality among bishops, all believers, and shepherds of the Church — the common priesthood of all those baptized into the faith — to further their progressive agenda. By executing a 180-degree turn, the doctrine, liturgy, and morality of the Catholic Church are to be made compatible with a neo-gnostic woke ideology.
