Urge everyone to read the Working Document for the Synod on the Amazon. Despite criticism from certain corners, this is a prophetic, inspired vision of a path forward for the church in the 21st century. Among Pope Francis’ most important legacies.
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This is the church of the Beatitudes, St Francis, St Hildegard, the mystics and prophets, that hears the cry of the poor and the earth, that rejects colonialism and patriarchy, embraces dialogue, the role of women, indigenous wisdom, ecology—and yes, all in the spirit of Jesus.