Can we find a way together?1 This question is intended to call to mind Pope Francis’s use of the term synodality in his preferred vision of the church as a pilgrim people of God discerning their way together through mutual listening and learning. Synodality is not just a group of people trying to take a walk together to a common destination, but rather it is a community trying to find a way together through collective discernment. My question and the question many Catholics are asking now is ‘can we find a way together?’ This question arises because so many Catholics have become disillusioned with the church, and some have even lost their way because they have been so deeply wounded by the church and its many forms of dysfunction. Today when we think of wounds and dysfunctions in the church, we usually think of clergy sex abuse of children and episcopal complicity. But in fact, these particular problems are parts of a much more complex story in modern church history, some would say since the Council of Trent, that has become especially pronounced since Vatican II. There are many active Catholics who feel bruised and disoriented for a variety of reasons. Increasing numbers of people have left the church, abandoned habituated practices of the faith, and are losing the deep moorings of the Catholic imagination saturated by the liturgy, catechism, and creed. There are also many so-called cultural Catholics, who function with a fragmented Catholic social imaginary. With this as my framework I will defend the following thesis: If we want to find a way together through a vision of synodality that builds on what Pope Francis has imagined, as I do, we must be willing to create dialogical processes that promote open, courageous honesty at all levels of the church. I argue that such dialogical processes are essential if

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我们可以一起找到方法吗？受伤和受伤的教会中的主教会议的挑战

我们能一起找到出路吗？1 这个问题旨在让人想起教皇弗朗西斯在他对教会的偏爱愿景中使用的术语“共济会”，他认为教会是天主的朝圣者，通过相互倾听和学习辨别出他们的道路。Synodality 不仅仅是一群人试图一起走到一个共同的目的地，而是一个社区试图通过集体洞察力共同寻找出路。我的问题和许多天主教徒现在都在问的问题是“我们能一起找到办法吗？” 出现这个问题是因为如此多的天主教徒对教会感到幻灭，有些人甚至迷失了方向，因为他们被教会及其多种形式的功能障碍深深地伤害了。今天，当我们想到教会中的创伤和功能障碍时，我们通常会想到神职人员对儿童的性虐待和主教的同谋。但事实上，这些特殊问题是现代教会历史中一个更为复杂的故事的一部分，有些人会说自特伦特会议以来，自梵蒂冈二世以来变得尤为突出。有许多活跃的天主教徒因各种原因感到受伤和迷失方向。越来越多的人离开了教会，放弃了习惯性的信仰实践，并且正在失去被礼拜仪式、教义问答和信条浸透的天主教想象的深刻锚定。还有许多所谓的文化天主教徒，他们以支离破碎的天主教社会想象运作。以此作为我的框架，我将捍卫以下论点：如果我们想通过建立在教皇弗朗西斯的想象之上的主教会议的愿景找到一种共同的方式，像我一样，我们必须愿意创建对话过程，在教会的各个层面促进开放、勇敢的诚实。我认为这种对话过程是必不可少的，如果