In an unexpected gesture after the voting, Francis approached a group of journalists waiting outside the synod hall to thank them for their work covering the synod. Thanks to you and your colleagues for the work you have done, he said. Grazie tante. Conservative bishops had harshly criticized journalists for reporting on the dramatic shift in tone in the draft, even though the media reports merely reflected the documents content. Francis gesture, and his words inside the synod hall chastising bishops who were overly wed to doctrine and were guided by hostile rigidity, as well as those bishops who showed a destructive goody-goodiness, indicated that he was well aware of the divisions the debate had sparked. His speech received a four-minute standing ovation, participants said.
Posted on: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 04:09:09 +0000