Synod: For the first time, the pope speaks
By JOHN L. ALLEN JR.
Rome
For anyone with a spare dollar looking to make a wager about the Synod of Bishops, here?s the safest bet in the world, in the wake of this morning?s session: There will be a proposition on the relationship between exegesis and theology among the final recommendations presented to Pope Benedict XVI.
Truth to be told, the relationship between Biblical interpretation and other areas of Catholic theology had already emerged as a major concern. This morning, however, Pope Benedict himself took the unusual ? indeed, quite possibly unprecedented ? step of explicitly recommending that the bishops adopt a proposition on how exegetes and theologians can better inform each other?s work.