I think Catholicism may be the only way out of our current morass, but not the Catholicism of either the liberals or the conservatives. Instead I would advocate for the kind of Catholicism that was still practiced in small Italian villages well into last century; a Catholicism that is in harmony with the seasons and the cosmos; one in which every man and woman experiences theophanies on a recurring basis through nature, and what some might call idol worship, but is really a form of theurgy. The problem with religion today isn't fundamentally a matter of law, philosophy, or theology, but of bloodlessness. Religion needs a transfusion... All religions, but at least Catholicism is on life-support, whereas most religions are six-feet under.
When I first heard it was called the Synod of Synodality, I thought it was a joke.
I think Catholicism may be the only way out of our current morass, but not the Catholicism of either the liberals or the conservatives. Instead I would advocate for the kind of Catholicism that was still practiced in small Italian villages well into last century; a Catholicism that is in harmony with the seasons and the cosmos; one in which every man and woman experiences theophanies on a recurring basis through nature, and what some might call idol worship, but is really a form of theurgy. The problem with religion today isn't fundamentally a matter of law, philosophy, or theology, but of bloodlessness. Religion needs a transfusion... All religions, but at least Catholicism is on life-support, whereas most religions are six-feet under.