As the Synod participants head home from their month-long meeting, I'll offer a few thoughts on what's next, but the real meat of this episode are in the articles and podcasts which are linked below. Check these out to learn more about the Synod for yourself.
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Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:
1. Article: Synod: Unpause, by Colleen Dulle at Go, Rebuild My House from Sacred Heart University
2. Official Synod 2021-2024 website from the Vatican
3. Summary of the Synod Synthesis Report from the Vatican
4. Article: What to Make of the Synthesis Report, from National Catholic Register
5. Article: Sisters respond to document from Synod's first session, from National Catholic Register
6. Synod Diary from America Media
7. Full text: Pope Francis' homily closing the 2023 Synod
8. Chicago's Cardinal Cupich on his experience of the Synod
9. Podcast: Synod on Synodality Debrief with Fr. James Martin, from Inside the Vatican
10. Podcast: Unpacking the Synod's first letter to the people of God, from Inside the Vatican
11. On when Catholic doctrine can change, on the Jesuitical podcast
