Unpacking the Synodal Sludge.

The Vatican has released the working document for the October 2023 Synod, which is filled with dense descriptions and leading questions. The document is shot through with presentism and a constant insinuation that the past has little to offer. The synod is obsessed with the concerns of the aging Catholic progressives of the 1970s and portrays women as being excluded, underappreciated, and devalued. The document never mentions morality, and there are no references to real, Catholic marriages. The synod promises to be quite the synodal experience.