The Catholic Church is indeed in serious need of renewal. But when has the Church not been?

The task for each generation is one of discernment. Discernment is both a facet of common sense, but like so many aspects of the life of faith, it has a spiritual or supernatural dimension too. St Paul reminds us that discernment is also a gift of the Holy Spirit. We need to see in two dimensions, both the material but also the spiritual.

The immediate impression that "Instrumentum Laboris" gives is that it is primarily a political document, dealing in therapeutic and progressive dynamics; insensitive (at best) to the dimension of the soul and the spirit, preferring instead the ego and social reformation.