Pope Francis and the Synod: No need to be confused

In a recent article, John Allen likened the recent extraordinary Synod on the Family to a suspense movie – and maybe it’s so. With the world’s spotlight focused on it, the Synod became for many a moving picture full of drama and emotion with an ending that was anything but predictable.

It’s been a while, but the film hasn’t ended; the suspense continues. Even now, opposing voices continue to resonate. Invariably all fall, in varying degrees, on the “movie director” who set everything in motion: Pope Francis.