[ebb tide]

I have read any number of articles about people who claim to be speaking for the Pope, which are also full of wishful thinking.

Francis reviewed the interim Sin-Nod report the night before it was published.

[SpirituTuo]

Yes, he may have read it. So what? It was a record of what happened in the Synod. The Synod was not some smoke-filled back room, with all proceedings held in secret.

Sure, what was released was troubling, a little less troubling with a proper translation. However, what came of it in the final document, was vastly different.

It is good we are informed some bishops are not orthodox on certain issues. It is good to discuss it, call it out, and demand the teachings of the Church be reiterated and taught.