Originally published at The Catholic Thing
It has been 54 months since the synodal process began. There have been hundreds of listening sessions, tens of thousands of participants, and expenditures well into the millions. A draft summary document, presented Monday to synod delegates, takes up the framework of the Christian mystery for explaining synodality and its ends. But it’s hardly revolutionary, despite the fact that a coterie of commentators and self-proclaimed experts, had said along the way that the synod would be a nearly revolutionary experience for the Church. Was it all worth it?
