Question 4.67

4.67 In your opinion, would Francis like to make the government of the Church more flexible?

I think that Francis wants to give on-the-ground pastoral experiences a fair place in the reflection by the central government of the Church. And so, in choosing a cardinal from each continent for his council for the reform of curial operations, the pope intends to gather in all the riches of the Catholic world. Similarly, the pope’s desire to foster synodal reflection is a fortunate initiative. Indeed, the synod should become a new Emmaus experience during which the heart of the Church is burning with the fire of the Scriptures. For in each one of our synodal assemblies, Jesus joins us and walks with us toward the inn and the breaking of the bread. There, he reveals his risen face and sends us back so that we can find the other apostles and rebuild the Church in terris [in many lands] where she has been abandoned or disfigured by our disappointed ambitions and frustrated hopes. Once we reach the Cenacle again, the place of the first Eucharist, Jesus then breathes on us so that we can announce to the world that he is alive. The “little hope”, as Charles Péguy used to say, then revives in us.