leilamarielawler.substack.com/p/synodality-i Synodality is not a mark of the Church Amoris Laetitia, Abu Dhabi, and Traditionis Custodes make up the Troika of Deep Concern Leila Marie Lawler ... ... The disruption of the moment creates intolerable anxiety in the faithful, in our having nothing solid to catch hold of. Things certainly seem heretical. It’s a feature of modernism to tamper with the meaning of words, making assessment impossible. The attacks on Scripture and Tradition, made by Pope Francis and so far upheld by Pope Leo, avoid the charge of outright heresy (I guess) because they are not, apparently, meeting the criteria for that offense; or if they are, there is no one willing to prosecute it. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Philip Lawler @PhilLawler Synodality is not a mark of the Church, Leila argues (convincingly). In fact it’s a mark— THE mark— of a state of necessity within the Church. If the SSPX magically disappeared, that state of necessity would remain. An importan...