Well John, having had a bit of read through some of the Synodal documents (see link), there seems to be a huge amount of "waffle" with very little in the way of direct and concrete conclusions vis-a-vie the future of the Church, it's teaching and practices. It does seem though that "inclusion" is one of the more dominant themes and as we know this is most commonly expressed these days in relation to LGBTQ...etc and the "participation of women". These two areas of course strongly overlap with the secular world.
I find it difficult to be confident this whole "Synodal" process isn't a "sneaky" way of pushing the Church towards implementing teaching and practices that are not consistent with Truth. For all Pope Francis's ambiguous, disconcerting and possibly erroneous statements, he hasn't actually changed any Church Teaching in a "Magisterial" sense. Unfortunately there may come a time where the "reformers" may actually do this. One thing is for sure, it's going to be very interesting to see how this all plays out come later this year and early 2024. My feeling is it's likely to be very controversial, if not downright heretical!
https://www.catholic.au/s/article/XVI-Ordinary-General-Assembly-of-the-Synod-of-Bishops
Yep, if there's a cliché regarding the perceived negative attitudes of the Church to be found, Sr Nathalie will find it and pipe it to the world as if it's the truth.
And, of course, the ABC is a very willing partner in any such endeavour. You quote this passage from the ABC article: She is considered a more modern Catholic figure and has previously addressed advocacy groups fighting for the inclusion of LGBTQI+ people in the church, as the institution grapples with declining participation in Australia. "more modern Catholic figure" That is supposed to indicate that she is better than "less modern" Catholic figures, but doesn't.
And this sneaky wording: "inclusion" , when no one is actually excluded from the church. I have lived in many Catholic parishes, and have not once encountered any attempt to exclude anyone from the Church except when someone deliberately makes a statement or gesture that demonstrates defiance of Catholic doctrine. So "inclusion" really means acceptance of beliefs that are contrary to Catholic traditional doctrine. And "declining participation" is an extremely poor reason for abandoning the truth.
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