Showdown in Rome: Complete Synod 2015 Coverage

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Showdown in Rome:
Complete Synod 2015 Coverage

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The Official Synod 2015 Documents

Official Text (English) of the Instrumentum Laboris (Working Document)
Official Text (English) of the Lineamenta (Guidelines)
“Pope” Francis’ Closing Speech in English (Oct. 24, 2015)
Official Text (Italian) of the FINAL DOCUMENT (Oct. 24, 2015) <— FINAL TEXT
Official Text (English) of the FINAL DOCUMENT (Oct. 24, 2015) <— FINAL TEXT

Official Video Recordings — available on demand:

Opening of the Synod of Bishops on the Family (Oct. 5, 2015)
Press Conference on the Synod (Oct. 5, 2015)
Press Conference on the Synod (Oct. 6, 2015)
Press Conference on the Synod (Oct. 7, 2015)
Press Conference on the Synod (Oct. 8, 2015)
Press Conference on the Synod (Oct. 9, 2015)
Press Conference on the Synod (Oct. 10, 2015)
Press Conference on the Synod (Oct. 12, 2015)
Press Conference on the Synod (Oct. 13, 2015)
Press Conference on the Synod (Oct. 14, 2015)
Press Conference on the Synod (Oct. 15, 2015)
Press Conference on the Synod (Oct. 16, 2015)
Press Conference on the Synod (Oct. 19, 2015)
Press Conference on the Synod (Oct. 20, 2015)
Press Conference on the Synod (Oct. 21, 2015)
Press Conference on the Synod (Oct. 22, 2015)
Press Conference on the Synod (Oct. 23, 2015)
Press Conference on the Synod (Oct. 24, 2015)
Final Press Conference on Conclusion of the Synod (Oct. 24, 2015)

Coverage of Synod: Official & Semi-Official News & Transcripts

Official Synod 2015 Page at Vatican.va (English)
Synod Watch
Francis: Address at the Prayer Vigil for the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (Oct. 3, 2015)
On Synod Opening Day, Francis talks everything from Indissolubility of Marriage and Unchangeable Doctrine to Field Hospitals and Building Bridges (Oct. 4, 2015)
Francis: Sermon for Opening “Mass” of Synod (Oct. 4, 2015)
Synod on the Family: Press Briefing Day 1 (Oct. 5, 2015)
Francis: Full Text of Remarks at Synod Opening (Oct. 5, 2015)
Inside the Synod (Oct. 5, 2015)
First Report of “Cardinal” Peter Erdo of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary (Oct. 5, 2015)
Intervention of “Bishop” Johan Bonny of Antwerp, Belgium (Oct. 5, 2015)
Synod on the Family: Press Briefing Day 2 (Oct. 6, 2015)
Head of Polish “Bishops”: No Compromise Between Truth and Untruth (Oct. 6, 2015)
Inside the Synod (Oct. 6, 2015)
Francis Homily: “No” to Rigidity, “Yes” to Mercy and Forgiveness (Oct. 6, 2015)
Interview with “Archbishop” Durocher of Gatineau, Canada: “Conscience and Communion” (Oct. 6, 2015)
“If you want to check what is Doctrine, buy a Denzinger!” —“Archbishop” Durocher (Oct. 6, 2015)
Synod on the Family: Press Briefing Day 3 (Oct. 7, 2015)
Listing of Synod Discussion Groups with Moderators (Oct. 7, 2015)
Inside the Synod (Oct. 7, 2015)
Synod on the Family: Press Briefing Day 4 (Oct. 8, 2015)
Francis urges “Bishops” not to give in to Conspiracy Theories (Oct. 8, 2015)
Inside the Synod (Oct. 8, 2015)
Synod on the Family: Press Briefing Day 5 (Oct. 9, 2015)
Inside the Synod (Oct. 9, 2015)
Interventions of “Archbishops” Kurtz and Chaput (Oct. 9, 2015)
Round 1: The 13 Complete Reports of the Small Synod Discussion Groups (Oct. 9, 2015)
Synod on the Family: Press Briefing Day 6 (Oct. 10, 2015)
Second Week of the Synod: Key Points (Oct. 12, 2015)
How the ‘Shadow Council’ is trying to influence the Synod on the Family (Oct. 12, 2015)
Communion for Remarried Divorcees is still on the discussion table (Oct. 12, 2015)
Inside the Synod (Oct. 12, 2015)
Synod on the Family: Press Briefing Day 7 (Oct. 12, 2015)
“Cardinal” Dew: Church needs to adopt “New Language” on Sexuality (Oct. 12, 2015)
Intervention of “Cardinal” Robert Sarah, Divine Worship Prefect (Oct. 12, 2015)
Australian “Archbishop”: Synod must change Church’s Language, Actions (Oct. 13, 2015)
Synod on the Family: Press Briefing Day 8 (Oct. 13, 2015)
Round 2: The 13 Complete Reports of the Small Synod Discussion Groups (Oct. 14, 2015)
The Circuli Minori discuss the second part of the Instrumentum Laboris (Oct. 14, 2015)
Synod on the Family: Press Briefing Day 9 (Oct. 14, 2015)
English Translation of Second German Language Group Report (Oct. 14, 2015)
Inside the Synod (Oct. 14, 2015)
“Archbishop” Peta: We can perceive “Infernal Smoke” in Synod Interventions (Oct. 14, 2015)
Voices from the Synod (Oct. 15, 2015)
Synod: Questions raised about the divorced and remarried in terms of Openness, Mercy and Doctrine (Oct. 15, 2015)
Synod on the Family: Press Briefing Day 10 (Oct. 15, 2015)
New York’s “Cardinal” Dolan sees Light amid the Synod’s Confusion (Oct. 15, 2015)
Ireland’s “Archbishop” Eamon Martin: “Don’t ‘regionalize’ Church teaching on marriage” (Oct. 15, 2015)
“Archbishop” Charles Chaput: How to Read the Vatican Family Gathering (Oct. 15, 2015)
“Cardinal” Vincent Nichols’ Half-Time Synod Report (Oct. 16, 2015)
Interview with “Cardinal” Francis Arinze (Oct. 16, 2015)
Inside the Synod (Oct. 16, 2015)
“Archbishop” Blase Cupich lays out Pathway for Homo Couples to receive “Communion” (Oct. 16, 2015)
“Archbishop” Cupich: Family Ministry is giving more Love to those most in need (Oct. 16, 2015)
Synod on the Family: Press Briefing Day 11 (Oct. 17, 2015)
At Synod, “Cardinal” Marx openly promotes Communion for Divorced-and-Remarried (Oct. 16, 2015)
“Cardinal” Pell rejects conservative call for a Walkout at Synod of Bishops (Oct. 16, 2015)
“Archbishop” Blase Cupich: Synod Press Briefing (Audio) (Oct. 16, 2015)
“Archbishop” Blase Cupich: Synod Press Briefing (Transcript) (Oct. 16, 2015)
God wants Church to make ‘Journey of Synodality’, says Francis (Oct. 17, 2015)
Cupich: Synod Would Have Gained from Hearing from Lesbian and Gay Couples (Oct. 17, 2015)
Francis Reminds the Synod that He Has the Last Word (Oct. 17, 2015)
Synod: “The only authority is the authority of service” (Oct. 17, 2015)
Interview with “Cardinal” Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel (Oct. 17, 2015)
“Cardinal” Wuerl Calls Out Francis’s Opponents (Oct. 18, 2015)
“Cardinal” Muller: Communion for Adulterers Possible in “Exceptional Cases” (Oct. 18, 2015)
President of Polish Novus Ordo Bishops sounds the Alarm (Oct. 18, 2015)
Interview with Philadelphia’s “Archbishop” Charles Chaput (Oct. 18, 2015)
Puerto Rico “Archbishop” calls for path to Communion for “Remarried” (Oct. 19, 2015)
The Synod: Walking Together (Oct. 19, 2015)
“Cardinal” Gracias to LGBT People: ‘Church Embraces You, Wants You, Needs You’ (Oct. 19, 2015)
“Archbishop” Chaput: In Philly and in Synod, support for Francis is obvious (Oct. 19, 2015)
Inside the Synod (Oct. 19, 2015)
“Archbishop” Aquila: Did Thomas More and John Fisher die for nothing? (Oct. 19, 2015)
Synod on the Family: Press Briefing Day 12 (Oct. 19, 2015)
“Archbishop” Coleridge: On the Road Together – Invective, Rear and Surprise (Oct. 20, 2015)
In Video Messages, “Cardinal” Wuerl reflects on Synod on the Family in Rome (Oct. 20, 2015)
Synod on the Family: Press Briefing Day 13 (Oct. 20, 2015)
Inside the Synod (Oct. 20, 2015)
“Archbishop” Eamon Martin hails ‘Sense of Convergence’ at Synod in Vatican (Oct. 21, 2015)
Synod on the Family: Press Briefing Day 14 (Oct. 21, 2015)
“Cardinal” Arinze: Letting Bishops’ Conferences decide their own way not possible (Oct. 21, 2015)
Arinze rebuts Cardinal’s claim that Catholic Faith is unrealistic: ‘Who do you think you are? Greater than Christ?’ (Oct. 21, 2015)
Round 3: The 13 Complete Reports of the Small Synod Discussion Groups (Oct. 21, 2015)
Inside the Synod (Oct. 21, 2015)
In English: The German Language Group’s Third Commentary (Oct. 21, 2015)
Synod on the Family: Press Briefing Day 15 (Oct. 22, 2015)
“Archbishop” Coleridge: On the Road Together – Seeking Reality (Oct. 22, 2015)
Inside the Synod (Oct. 22, 2015)
Bishops’ Dispute over Communion Issue Rachets Up (Oct. 22, 2015)
The Church Going Forth From the Synod (Oct. 22, 2015)
“Archbishop” Roberto Gonzàlez: Synod Is ‘Leaving Doors Open for the Pope’ (Oct. 22, 2015)
Final Document (Relatio Finalis) delivered to Synod Fathers ahead of Saturday’s Vote (Oct. 22, 2015)
“Cardinal” Timothy Dolan: Creative Tensions (Oct. 22, 2015)
Francis’ Morning Homily: Times change and Christians must change continuously (Oct. 23, 2015)
“Archbishop” Coleridge: On the Road Together – A New Congregation (Oct. 23, 2015)
Synod on the Family: Press Briefing Day 17 (Oct. 24, 2015)
Conclusion of the Synod: Reaction from “Cardinals” and “Bishops” (Oct. 24, 2015)
“The Real Scandal Is A Fear of Love” – At Synod’s Close, An Unknown Road Ahead (Oct. 24, 2015)
Synod Report urges ‘Accompaniment’ tailored to Family Situations (Oct. 24, 2015)
Final Synod Document strongly backs Church Teaching, Beauty of Family Life (Oct. 24, 2015)
Francis warns against falling into ‘Scheduled Faith’ at Closing Liturgy for Synod (Oct. 25, 2015)
Francis: Homily at Closing “Mass” for Synod Assembly (Oct. 25, 2015)
From the Synod: “Cardinal” Nichols on Pathway for Divorced and “Remarried”: “It’s Their Decision” (Oct. 26, 2015)
Francis: “Synod will carry forward much Fruit” (Oct. 26, 2015)
“Cardinal” Wuerl: ‘There’s Huge Support’ for Francis among Bishops (Oct. 26, 2015)
Prominent Prelates differ sharply on Synod’s Final Report (Oct. 27, 2015)

Coverage of Synod: Commentaries (Secular, Novus Ordo & Semi-Trad)

International Coalition issues Manifesto as Vatican Family Synod opens (Voice of the Family)
Does Francis fear God? On the Synod of the Family and the Fracturing of the Novus Ordo Church (The Week)
Squaring the Circle: the Synod’s most likely outcome, barring a Miracle (Rorate Caeli)
Bracing for the Synod…Means, Motive, and Opportunity (The Remnant)
Beautiful words, but then… (Fatima Center)
On Day One of Synod 2015, conservatives strike first (Crux)
Synod 2015: An exercise in Modernism (Harvesting the Fruit)
Synod, Day 2: It’s becoming Vatican III (Rorate Caeli)
Oct. 6 – Synod Notes (Mr. Z’s Blog)
Decoding the Modernists: A Synodal Glossary (Radical Catholic)
Francis makes first direct Intervention; was “Cardinal” Erdö undermined? (Catholic World Report)
Synod: First Shot on Target Comes From the Conservatives (Chiesa)
Synod 2015: Serenity abounds (Harvesting the Fruit)
Three things you need to know about Francis and the “cardinal” disgraced in a sex abuse scandal (The Spectator)
Ongoing: Letters from the Synod, by Xavier Rynne II (Catholic Herald)
Diary Of A Synod . . . Positions, Preparations, And Maneuvers (The Wanderer)
German “Bishop” Bode: Let’s Keep Things Ambiguous (The Radical Catholic)
Synod & Council: The Conservatives’ Failed Strategy (Unam Sanctam Catholicam)
“Cardinal” who supports LGBT Radicals is Moderator of English-Speaking Synod Group (Voice of the Family)
At the Synod, The Moment of Truth… Part I (Whispers in the Loggia)
Panamanian “Cardinal” Jose Luiz Lacunza Maestrojuan spouts Heresy (Vox Cantoris)
Synod, Day 4: “Cardinal” Erdo, who??? Let’s talk about sex! (Rorate Caeli)
Has Francis’ Intervention returned the Synod to a Heterodox Trajectory? (Voice of the Family)
The Vatican ‘Family Synod’ and the Sex Abuse Scandal that could engulf Francis (The Spectator)
Gay Activist Lobbyist has Synod Press Credentials, “Priest” Journalist stripped of his — what is going on at the Synod? (Vox Cantoris)
Report: Homosexual Propaganda Being Circulated at the Synod (One Peter Five)
“Cardinal” Collins’ Group: Instrumentum Laboris is “flawed; inadequate” – no “serious reflection on gender ideology… pornography” (Toronto Catholic Witness)
The Synod, “Gender Theory” and the Threat to Civilization (Fatima Center)
The First Week Of The Synod . . . Concerns About Instrumentum Laboris, Final Report Surface (The Wanderer)
German “Archbishop”: Church’s stance on divorce makes people ‘doubt God’ (National Catholic Reporter)
The Scariest Quote of the Synod (Creative Minority Report)
Polish Prelate posts summaries of Synod talks, in apparent violation of procedures (Catholic World News)
Vandals in Rome: Will They Sack Christian Marriage? (The Remnant)
A secret plot to control the Synod? No; it’s not secret at all (LifeSiteNews)
The Sick Game of the Synod: They manipulate, and then they mock – and then they manipulate again(Rorate Caeli)
Synod: One Tweet Does Not a Summer Make (Chiesa)
Synod expresses differing thoughts on Mercy, Marriage Indissolubility (National Catholic Reporter)
Synod, Day 6 – Final Relatio in danger; Rules changed by the hour – Microphone denied to Erdo, as to Ottaviani in Vatican II (Rorate Caeli)
The Freemason Connection with the Synod on the Family (Vox Cantoris)
PRO-HOMOSEXUAL propaganda was ALLOWED to be distributed at the Synod (Toronto Catholic Witness)
Synod of Bishops, Week 1: Suspended Between Pastoral Despair or the Decision to Hope (MondayVatican)
Synod Manipulators Reach New Low: Silencing the victims — then taunting and bullying them (Rorate Caeli)
Silencing of the Lambs at the #RosicaBlockParty (Vox Cantoris)
13 “Cardinals” have written to Francis about Synod Rule Manipulation — Here is the Letter (Chiesa)
Leading “Cardinals” confront “Pope” Francis over Manipulation of Synod (LifeSiteNews)
Group of “Cardinals” expresses concern over new Synod rules in Letter to “Pope” (Catholic Herald)
Synod Week 2 begins: 13-“Cardinal” Letter Rejected by “Pope” — Plus, Pell Appeal Ignored — Now we understand why Erdo is boycotted (Rorate Caeli)
Crisis for “Pope” Francis as top-level “Cardinals” tell him: Your Synod could lead to the Collapse of the Church (The Spectator)
Mystery solved — Thirteen indeed, but some names were wrong: The “Cardinals” who challenged Francis’ Decisions on Synod (America)
Contrast: Why Doesn’t Francis Talk Like This? (Catholic Family News)
Highlights from the First Week of the Synod on the Family (One Peter Five)
Vatican revokes “Priest’s” Press Credentials after he challenged “Archbishop” (LifeSiteNews)
Rosica Block Party (Sacerdotus)
“Cardinal” Muller denounces Letter Leak as “New Vatileaks” (Catholic Herald)
Despite Reservations, the new Machinery appears to be working (Catholic Voices)
Updates on the Letter Chaos: Process & Reality (Commonweal)
Miniature Shadow Synod being held with Francis and outside Guests, every day at Santa Marta (Rorate Caeli)
Vatican’s “Father” Rosica: “The distinction between Sin and Sinner no longer works” (Veneremur Cernui)
Flashback 2013: “Fr.” Thomas Rosica refers to Pope as “First among Equals” — Heresy! (Vox Cantoris)
Francis offers mysterious Apology for “the scandals that recently have occurred in Rome and at the Vatican” (Commonweal)
Francis denounces recent Vatican “Scandals” — but doesn’t say which ones (John Thavis)
“Yes We Can!” emerges as Rallying Cry at 2015 Synod (National Catholic Reporter)
Issues beneath Issues at Synod 2015 (First Things)
Episode 2: The Letter of the Thirteen “Cardinals” to the “Pope” (Chiesa)
No Excuse for Synod Fathers’ Ignorance of Church Teaching (Voice of the Family)
Yeah, About that Mercy Talk… (The Remnant)
Synod: 13 “Cardinals” challenge the “Pope”? (Catholic Family News)
Synod Walkout Petition started (Canon 212 Society)
The Letter of the Thirteen “Cardinals”: A Key Backstory (Chiesa)
Socci: The Argentinian War Machine with the German Engine is Stuck in the Mud (Rorate Caeli)
De Mattei: “Is there still a sense of Sin among the Synod Fathers?” (Rorate Caeli)
Does the Insrumentum Laboris consider fidelity in marriage a near impossible task? (Veneremur Cernui)
Intolerant Language (What’s Up with the Synod?)
Doctrinal “Devolution” to the Bishops’ Conferences? Francis already endorsed it in 2013 (Rorate Caeli)
The “Catholic Church’s” Inclusion Problem (TIME)
“Cardinal” Burke proclaims controversial Synod Proposals ‘simply contrary’ to Catholicism (LifeSiteNews)
Synod Walkout Petition: Why I’m not signing (Harvesting the Fruit)
Cardinal Tagle’s years exceed his wisdom (Vox Cantoris)
Socci: “The Backstory to the 13 Cardinals’ Explosive Letter and what it means – and What’s Going to Happen at the Synod and in the Church” (Rorate Caeli)
Vennari on the Synod (1): Flawed Working Document (Fatima Center)
Synod Saboteurs and the Cancer of “Relevance” (National Catholic Register)
Divide deepens as Traditionalists call for Synod Walkout (Christian Today)
“Archbishop” Blase Cupich: ‘Sin all you want — I’ll still give you Communion’ (Rorate Caeli)
Blase Cupich, “Judas Priest” (Vox Cantoris)
Church Restructure through Synodality — the “Decentralization” Francis seems poised to Impose (Catholic Family News)
The Plot to change Catholicism (The New York Times)
Francis is now effectively at war with the Vatican. If he wins, the Church could fall apart (The Spectator)
Synod, Week Two: The Information War (Monday Vatican)
Chaos at the Vatican (The Weekly Standard)
Synod: The “Conspirator” Who Does Everything in the Light of Day (Chiesa)
Francis’ First Crisis (The New Yorker)
“Bishop” Vera Lopez of Saltillo: “Homosexuals” will save the Church (Veneremur Cernui)
The Synod turns 50 – Who cares? (Deus Ex Machina)
When “Popes” and “Cardinals” are Heretics, they have no Part in the Body of Christ (The Stumbling Block)
Vennari on the Synod (2): Synod or Sham? (Fatima Center)
“Cardinal” Danneels: A Wolf in Shepherd’s Clothing (The Stream)
Shouldn’t we ask Benedict XVI to intervene? (Veneremur Cernui)
Francis proposes an Anglican Model for the Church (Veneremur Cernui)
Female Doctor tells Francis to his Face: “Evil, in this world, comes from sin, not from income disparity or climate change” (The Remnant)
Santa Marta Sermon puts Synod in Perspective (Harvesting the Fruit)
More disastrous Statements from another disastrous Jesuit “Bishop” (Veneremur Cernui)
At the Synod, Liberals tout their own Conspiracy Theories (Catholic Culture)
Synod’s Lack of Consensus may still leave doors open for Francis (John Thavis)
Vennari on the Synod (3): “New Language” or Old Error? (Fatima Center)
“Archbishop” Coleridge: A New Language Free of Jots and Tittles (The Radical Catholic)
Vennari on the Synod (4): The “Synodal” Church (Fatima Center)
Questions remain about Synod of Bishops’ Closing Document (Crux)
What a Silly Lash! (What’s Up with the Synod?)
Napier, the Voice of Truth on the Letter of the Thirteen “Cardinals” (Chiesa)
Vennari on the Synod (5): The Kasper Proposal Defeated? (Fatima Center)
German Synod Group criticises ‘harsh and merciless’ attitudes to Divorced and Homosexuals (Catholic Herald)
Throwing Doctrine to the Lions? German “Bishops” Float ‘Internal Forum’ Proposal (National Catholic Register)
“Catholic Bishops” Likely to Deal Pope Francis Setback on Family Issues (The Wall Street Journal)
Synod Diary: Denials, Affirmations, and Promises (The Catholic World Report)
Interview: “Bishop” Schneider warns of ‘Spirit of Satan’ at Synod on the Family (LifeSiteNews)
THE SYNOD: The Decentralization of the Church offends the Faith and common sense (Roberto De Mattei)
Jorge Bergoglio’s Evil Intentions (Harvesting the Fruit)
Vennari on the Synod (6): Gracias and more Synod Deception (Fatima Center)
The Collegiality Paradox facing Pope Francis (John Thavis)
The ‘Blogging Bishop of Brisbane’ dishes on the Real Story of Vatican Synod (Crux)
Synod Diary: “Even Kasperites can count” (The Catholic World Report)
Magister: But the Synod of the Media Has Already Toppled the Real One (Chiesa)
Which is the Real Narrative for the riveting Theatre of the Synod? (Crux)
Vennari on the Synod (7): The Synod and Moral Surrender (Fatima Center)
If the Good Guys Win at the Synod (LMS Chairman)
Francis’ Encouragement of Airing Heresy is Severing the Church (LifeSiteNews)
The Synod’s Liberal Cabal in Damage-Control Mode (Catholic Culture)
The Synod of Doom: It’s Worse Than We Thought (The Remnant)
The Synod of Mistrust (Fr. Ray Blake’s Blog)
The MacGuffin: Why the Final Document is Irrelevant (What’s Up with the Synod?)
Synod Fathers approve Text on “Discernment” for “Remarried” Divorcees (Vatican Insider)
Shut Up and Do What I Say! (Vox Cantoris)
Francis must address Crisis of Trust within Church in Wake of Synod (Voice of the Family)
The Synod on the Family: Clash of Two Churches (The Remnant)
Tense Vatican Summit ends by opening Door for Divorced, punting on Welcome to Gays (Religion News Service)
The Vatican Synod on the Family is over and the Conservatives have won (The Spectator)
Synod Verdict: the Catholic Church is still Catholic (The Telegraph)
Synod ends with No Consensus on Communion or Homosexuality (The Tablet)
Final Synod Document leaves Francis room for Manoeuvre (The Tablet)
Vatican Synod holds its line on Gay Couples but offers new Hope to Catholic Divorcees (The Guardian)
After the Synod, can “Catholics” put Humpty Dumpty together again? (Crux)
Synod offers striking Softening to “Remarried”, proposing individual Discernment (National Catholic Reporter)
Francis Ends Synod With Classless Address (The American Catholic)
Special Edition V: The Final Report of the Synod (First Things)
Vennari on the Synod (8): Final Document: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly (Fatima Center)
The Synod on the Family and Socialist Inculturation (Roman Catholic World)
Synod Approves Final Document, Leaves Door Open for Francis to Move Forward on Key Issues (America)
The German Spin Machine in Overdrive (Catholic Herald)
Synod Danger: Changing our Language, Changing our Religion (LifeSiteNews)
Fellow Faithful Catholics, The Sin-Nod Was A Disaster (Restore DC Catholicism)
Vennari on the Synod (9): The Synodal Wasteland (Fatima Center)
Synod Send Off: It’s the End of the Church as We Know It (The Remnant)
The Final Synod Report: Better than Hoped For? (The Catholic Thing)
Synod, Week 3: A Final Report (Monday Vatican)
The Synod’s Final Report is a Victory for Liberals on Homosexuality (LifeSiteNews)
Gay “Catholic” Group encouraged that Synod will bring ‘New Era of Pastoral Care’ (Catholic Herald)
Synod: In Interview, Kasper says he won – in video, Pell is not so sure (Rorate Caeli)
Francis’ Caricaturing of Conservatives (The American Spectator)
Is Francis Toying with Heresy? (Patrick Buchanan)

Coverage of Synod: Commentaries (Catholic)

Live Novus Ordo Watch Twitter Feed
Circus Jorge, Part 1 (Christ or Chaos)
Circus Jorge, Part 2 (Christ or Chaos)
Circus Jorge, Part 3 (Christ or Chaos)
Circus Jorge, Part 4 (Christ or Chaos)
Circus Jorge, Part 5 (Christ or Chaos)
Circus Jorge, Part 6 (Christ or Chaos)
Circus Jorge, Part 7 (Christ or Chaos)
The Mirage of “Conflict” at the Synod (The Thinking Housewife)
Francis the Humble Loses his Temper, Blows a Fuse (Call Me Jorge…)
Does the Holy Ghost Guide the Synod? (The Thinking Housewife)
Francis Watch: Synodal Frankenmarriage – Discernment & Deception (Restoration Radio)

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