ROME – Asked about conservative Catholics who feel they are not represented in the ongoing Synod of Bishops on Synodality, specifically Latin Mass devotees struggling with restrictions imposed by Pope Francis, American Cardinal Joseph Tobin said they still have a place in the church.
Asked during an Oct. 11 press briefing whether the agenda for the synod was perhaps determined too carefully from authorities “on high”, Tobin said that has not been his experience.
Referring to the diocesan consultation phase of the synod, which began in October 2021, Tobin said the overwhelming impression of the people he knows is, “What I said is there. Maybe not with the emphasis that everybody wanted, because people have their own passion, but they didn’t say, ‘I was ignored’”.
