Pope’s synod implementation process could meet internal resistance

Pope’s synod implementation process could meet internal resistance

ROME – In the heart of St Peter’s Square, where every night for the past month the Roman Curia has been staging a rosary for Pope Francis, there stands a towering statue of Saint Peter with one hand pointing out and another hand pointing to the ground. Roman wags have long said the symbolic meaning in this is that the hand pointing to the ground means this, Vatican City, is where laws are made, and hand pointing out, to the world, is where they …