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Dec 2022
30m 18s

WOF 365: What is Synodality?

BISHOP ROBERT BARRON
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Friends, many people in the Church, including the Holy Father, have been talking about “synodality.” But what is it? What does it mean? How can it help the Church, and what are possible dangers? That’s what Brandon Vogt and I discuss on today’s episode of “The Word on Fire Show.”

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