Diocesan Synods Provide Opportunities To Be a ‘Listening Church’ February 26, 2021 AM 1260 The Rock News Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Ill., during the closing Mass at the diocesan synod in 2017. Done well, synods are a vital tool for local bishops in their pastoral care for souls Post navigation Previous Previous post: ‘You Shall Have No Strange Gods Before Me’Next Next post: The Shroud of Turin and the Black Death