At the end of the extraordinary consistory, senior Church figures addressed questions on synodality and the role of the laity during a Holy See press conference.
The briefing included Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio, Cardinal Stephen Brislin, and Cardinal Pablo David, offering their insights into how the synodal process is being understood as it develops. The Catholic Herald asked the cardinals how synodality, described by some as being in its infancy, can be ensured to remain rooted in doctrine and tradition, and what distinctions are being drawn between legitimate lay participation and the functions reserved to the priesthood and episcopate.
