This synod, more than any other, is built on the premise that realities are greater than ideas.

The synod secretariat has gone to extraordinary lengths to encourage each member into a disposition of openness so that maybe, just maybe, the Holy Spirit can act.

Anyone who has attended a synod of bishops will tell you that it’s more about the journey than the destination.

A Reflection for the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows, by Sebastian Gomes

A Reflection for Saturday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Sebastian Gomes

A Reflection for Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Sebastian Gomes

Introducing America’s new, groundbreaking feature documentary, “People of God: How Catholic Parish Life is Changing in the United States.”

A Reflection for Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time, by Sebastian Gomes

A Reflection for Tuesday of Fifth Week of Easter, by Sebastian Gomes

Many Catholics like myself who have followed the development of synodality under Pope Francis have been convinced that the decision to open synod voting to non-bishops was all but inevitable.