Synodality – an exercise in misreading St John Henry Newman and 'Lumen gentium'

One consequence of writing for the Catholic Herald on the Synodal process is that it seems to make some people excitably angry.

When Socrates urged on his listeners the important aphorism “know thyself”, the early Greeks had to attempt the process without the advantage of Twitter.

I have had an advantage that earlier generations lacked by discovering the seriousness of the defects in my character, my limitations as a person and my inadequacies as a believing Catholic; and all thanks to Twitter, and the enthusiastic ministrations of a group of people who are deeply committed to the Synodal process.