The difference between the German Synodal Path and the synodal reform initiated by the late Pope Francis appears today, more than ever, to be a mere difference of speed.
Elected to heal divisions, Pope Leo XIV may instead be remembered as the pontiff under whom the most serious Catholic schism since the Reformation emerged.
Christians must enter or re-enter public life as protagonists—artists, parents, teachers, lawmakers—who show, rather than merely assert, the excellence of the Christian vision and the love it conveys.
