Secrecy At The Synod On Synodality: What We Know About Delegates’ Confidentiality Requirements – Analysis

By Courtney Mares

The roughly 450 people in the room during the Synod on Synodality assembly are “bound to confidentiality and discretion” regarding what is said in Synod discussions. 

Unlike at past Synod of Bishops meetings, where the “pontifical secret” only applied to sharing what was said by others in the...