Australia s plenary council: Listening brings liberation, archbishop says
Jun 3, 2021 catholic news service
Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane, Australia, is seen during the Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican in this Oct. 14, 2015, file photo. Archbishop Coleridge said the 2015 synod was a lightbulb moment for him when he came to understand the synodal process Pope Francis wants to follow. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.)
Pope Francis insists synodality requires listening and not only on the part of people in the pews.
ROME Pope Francis insists “synodality” requires listening and not only on the part of people in the pews.
But it is not easy, said Archbishop Mark Coleridge, president of the bishops’ conference of Australia, which will hold the first assembly of its plenary council in October.