WelCom May 2022
The preparatory documents for the 2021–2023 Synod of Bishops on synodality make it clear ‘every effort’ must be made to listen to the voices of those who feel ‘excluded or marginalised’ from society and the Church. Dioceses in the United States are reaching out to people with intellectual and physical disabilities, those in prisons, homeless shelters, soup kitchens and mobile home communities. Pastors have organised parish listening sessions for LGBTQ parishioners and seasonal farmworkers near the US southern border.