Pope Francis has expressed a wish that we move towards a ‘synodal Church’. We may well recognise ‘synod’ as a term used for certain meetings of bishops – for instance, the recent synod on ‘Young People, Faith and Vocational Discernment’. What Francis had in mind was an extension or roll-out of the synodal principle in every level of community activity.

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