Professor Sandie Cornish, a professor at Australian Catholic University and a member of the Oceania synod task force, talks about the experience of synodality in the region, and the serious problems posed by climate change.
By Joseph Tulloch
Synod organisers from every continent gathered in Rome this week for a two-day conference.
Among them was Professor Sandie Cornish, a member of the Oceania task force and a professor at Australian Catholic University.
She spoke to Vatican News about the synodal process in the region, and the “existential threat” posed by rising sea levels.
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Diverse experiences of synodality
Professor Cornish stressed that “the experience in the local churches has been quite diverse.”
“If you think about the Archdiocese of Suva [in Fiji],” she said, “ it’s a very different circumstance to dioceses in Australia. So each local church has had quite a different journey in the Synod.”
