Theologians and others involved in the October gathering of the Synod on Synodality met this week to offer their expert opinions on the synodal process as it moves into the “reception” or implementation phase. Cardinal Mario Grech, a Synod on Syodality leader, said: “It is not out of place to speak of the synod as a moment of mature, or at least more mature, reception of the council.” Grech added: “But the final document does not just take up the council: It rethinks it, translates it, embodies it in processes.”