If you really want to know what happened inside the Synod of Bishops
this past month, don't obsess too much over its final report (relatio)
on the church and the family.
Each of that document's ninety-four articles or paragraphs was approved by at least two-thirds of the 264 prelates (and one layman) that showed up for the final vote. And the reason there was such overwhelming approval is because of a delicate compromise that took all of the most controversial issues off the table or treated them with open-ended language.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/roman-observer/pope-has-smoked-out-his-opposition
Each of that document's ninety-four articles or paragraphs was approved by at least two-thirds of the 264 prelates (and one layman) that showed up for the final vote. And the reason there was such overwhelming approval is because of a delicate compromise that took all of the most controversial issues off the table or treated them with open-ended language.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/roman-observer/pope-has-smoked-out-his-opposition
