NCR Live: Pope Francis' vision for the Synod of Bishops

NCR news editor Joshua McElwee hosts a conversation about Pope Francis' vision for the 2021-23 Catholic Synod of Bishops with San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy and St. Joseph Sr. Katie Eiffe, director of synodal planning for the Diocese of Syracuse, New York.

Background reading: 

• Just weeks before Catholic prelates worldwide open a first-of-its-kind consultation period for the Vatican's Synod of Bishops, many U.S. church officials were still figuring out exactly what that process will look like.
   
• Pope Francis on Oct. 10 officially launched the Vatican's high-stakes, two-year synod process in an opening Mass where he urged the global Catholic church to master the "art of encounter."
   
• All of NCR's coverage for the synod on synodality can be found here.

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