"He Wanted the Full Debate, and He's Getting It"

"The synod document, a concrete reflection of the Francis papacy, in effect takes the weapons out of the hands of the hierarchical culture warriors. One might measure its significance in the pushback by groups who in the past prided themselves on their orthodoxy and adherence to papal and hierarchical teaching. They are in a fury and are not hiding their disappointment and rejection of the synod's thinking. Voice of the Family, which identifies itself as a coalition of 15 international pro-family Catholic groups, termed the document 'nothing short of a "betrayal" of Catholic and family values. And the blog Rorate Caeli, an extreme conservative Catholic site, described the document as a 'heresy, the homoheresy,' and in contradiction of the Gospel and Catholic tradition."


Tom Roberts in The New Republic reacts to the Vatican's continuing Extraordinary Synod on the Family.