Pope Francis can’t seem to gain traction in the press this week, several major media events notwithstanding, in which he made several quotable statements. There was no shortage of controversial issues from which to choose, either. It’s just that — with rare pertinent exceptions — we’ve heard it all before.
Despite being hailed as, “Magna Carta of youth and vocational pastoral ministry in the various ecclesial communities,” by the General Secretary of the Synod of Bishops, Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, the post-synodal apostolic exhortation hasn’t generated much interest one way or the other.
