Every missionary disciple is entrusted with the work of safeguarding the flock as we journey further into the 21st century. Safeguarding involves a candid rebuke of prior mishandlings of sexual abuse.  It also involves an honest and mature reflection on the path ahead.  This path is a synodal journey, wherein

Pope Francis teaches that synodality is a constitutive element of the Church, an element which is to be found in all the missionary disciples’ interactions and structures on every level – universal, national, and local.  He insists that, at the beginning of this third millennium, God expects the Church to