Catholic LA

LA’s Synodal to draw ‘as many voices as possible’

In early October, Pope Francis officially launched a two-year process of listening and discernment that calls for the participation of every one of the world’s 3,000-plus Catholic dioceses. The archdiocese (of Los Angeles) plans to use the first weeks of 2022 before Lent — from January to March — to engage in the “listening” phase of the synodal process, with listening sessions in parishes and in regional groups.