Synodal Hope: The Vision of Pope Francis and the Future with Pope Leo

This conversation with Timothy Cardinal Radcliffe, OP was recorded live on June 5, 2025.

Pope Francis was famous for saying “Todos, todos, todos,” leaving us with a legacy of radical inclusion by listening to all, especially to those on the margins. His clear hope for the church, that Pope Leo XIV seems eager to carry forward, was that every member of the baptized would see themselves as full participants in the church’s mission, embracing a way of listening to and journeying with one another. This pastoral vision was enacted in a historic way through the processes for the Synod on Synodality which included listening sessions around the world, general Synod assemblies in Rome, and a roadmap for implementation. But what does our current moment call us to and what can we hope for?

Join Liturgical Press and spiritual advisor and retreat master of the Synod’s 2023 and 2024 pre-Synod assemblies, Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, OP, for a timely conversation about how we can continue to carry out Pope Francis’s hope for a missionary synodal church and what this moment means for us as we all move forward together in hope.

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About the Guest:

Timothy Cardinal Radcliffe, OP, retreat master and spiritual advisor for the Synod on Synodality, is a member of the community at Blackfriars, Oxford, and was master general of the Order of Preachers from 1992 to 2001. He is the only member of the English Province of the Dominicans to have held the office since the Order's foundation in 1216. He is the author of Listening Together: Meditations on Synodality, as well as a number of popular books on theology, including his book with Lukasz Popko Questioning God (Bloomsbury, 2023). He is an editorial advisor and contributor to Give Us This Day, published by Liturgical Press.

Chapters:
0:00-1:58 Introduction
1:59-3:29 Introducing Cardinal Radcliffe
3:30-6:59 Meeting Pope Francis
7:00-11:40 The Conclave
11:41-14:25 The Last Judgement by Michelangelo
14:26-16:40 Experiences of the Synod on Synodality
16:41-22:00 Understanding synodality
22:01-26:44 Pope Leo and synodality
26:45-29:45 Hope and optimism
29:26-36:00 A word of encouragement for those at the Margins
36:01-40:29 The authority of Beauty, Truth, and Goodness
40:30-44:38 Missionary Discipleship
44:39-46:52 Conclusion

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