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Fr. Raymond J. de Souza
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Auguste Meyrat
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Michael Pakaluk
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Francis X. Maier
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Fr. Paul D. Scalia
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Fr. Raymond J. de Souza
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Auguste Meyrat
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Michael Pakaluk
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Francis X. Maier
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All Saints, All Souls and the Synod
George Weigel, First Things
Friday, November 3, 2023
The purpose of the Second Vatican Council was to lift the Church from a defensive crouch and turn the Church’s institutions into launch-platforms for mission. Synod-2023’s dominant vocabulary did not reflect that evangelical purpose – although the representatives of the living parts of the world Church, who spoke in a distinctively Catholic vocabulary, did.