{"id":88292,"date":"2026-11-10T12:29:27","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T17:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=88292"},"modified":"2026-11-10T12:31:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T17:31:46","slug":"cardinal-zen-calls-for-leo-to-remove-three-leading-cardinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/cardinal-zen-calls-for-leo-to-remove-three-leading-cardinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinal Zen Expresses Concerns About Synod on Synodality in Leaked Letter to Bishops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>NCR:<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"article_rich_text article_wrapped\">\n<div class=\"article-body w-richtext\" data-gated=\"1\" data-slug=\"cardinal-zen-calls-leo-remove-leading-cardinals\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p>Just days before the Synod on Synodality kicked off its first round of meetings at the Vatican, a letter from Cardinal Joseph Zen was leaked to media, voicing serious concerns to cardinals and bishops worldwide about the gathering in Rome and advocating for changes to the synod process as well as spirited discussions of the gathering\u2019s topics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pw-host\">\n<div class=\"article-paywall-wrapper-2\">\n<div class=\"paywall-container\" data-paywall-container=\"\">\n<p>The letter, a copy of which was obtained by CNA, dated Sept. 21 \u2014 the feast of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewtn.com\/catholicism\/saints\/matthew-697\" target=\"null\">Apostle St. Matthew<\/a> \u2014 accuses synod organizers of manipulation and pursuing an agenda, rather than allowing for authentic ecclesiastical discourse. News of the letter\u2019s existence was published by <i>The Pillar <\/i>Wednesday. The cardinal expresses reservations about the scant reference to this critical Vatican-approved document in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/254610\/synod-on-synodality-document-lays-out-discussion-questions-for-october-assembly\" target=\"null\">preparatory materials for the synod<\/a>, implying a potential deviation from foundational ecclesiastical principles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From NCR: Just days before the Synod on Synodality kicked off its first round of meetings at the Vatican, a.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88292"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88294,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88292\/revisions\/88294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}