The speakers take a tour in the style of the disciples of Emmaus, who talk after their first-hand experiences as counselors of the Synod. Without wishing to soften their experience, they share the reality of what happened at the Synod in the midst of lights and shadows. Elements from the text of Emmaus are taken, such as the fact of walking together in confusion and discouragement, the burning heart or the recognition of the breaking of the bread, to make a theological interpretation of the experiences of the Synod. On the one hand, they recognize in the Synod the figure of Cleopas as the vivid “vision of Glory” and on the other, that of the nameless disciple who represents each person. Despite being a resurrection text, there is no shortage of moments of discouragement: the disciples of Emmaus walk away from an empty tomb but they are on the move (others are locked up), they let Jesus open their minds. They show the moments of the Synod in which they feel that they are asked: «what are you talking about?», without recognizing Jesus, and the moments in which they realize that it is God Himself. They explain to us the negotiation pedagogy of the Synod, whose conclusions lack the LGTBI acronym and the love and commitment of many people, also other discriminated groups, who remain in the Church against all odds, because they have discovered that the center of the life of faith is not the Church but Jesus of Nazareth.
Cristina Inogés is a Catholic and Aragonese lay woman, a theologian from the Faculty of Protestant Theology of Madrid. SEUT (United Evangelical Seminary of Theology). Expert in Institutional Relations (UNED) and with a Diploma in Social Leader and Management Skills (CAI-ASC Foundation). Synod Mother by direct appointment of Pope Francis in the Synod of Synodality 2021-2024. She has written numerous books such as Beguines. Wounded memory (ed. PPC), Whispers of waiting and hope (ed. St. Paul), God walks between dots and commas (ed. PPC), Charitas Pirckheimer. A candle burning against the wind (ed. St. Paul) or The song of songs. Gift, commitment and present (PPC ed.). She received the Arco Iris CRISMHOM 2023 award, shared with María Luisa Berzosa and Marisol Ortiz.
Maria Luisa Berzosa is a religious woman from the Congregation The Daughters of Jesus, of Ignatian spirituality and dedicated to the mission of education. Graduate in Philosophy and Letters (Valladolid) and Educational Sciences with a specialty in Catechetical Youth Ministry (Rome). He has been prepared in Ignatian spirituality to give Spiritual Exercises and personal and group accompaniment. He has worked in the Popular Education Movement “Fe y Alegría” (Argentina) and in Rome with immigrants from Latin America who studied while working within a Fe y Alegría project from Ecuador. After her return to Spain, he collaborates in the “Entreculturas” Foundation, which follows the educational line of Fe y Alegría and tries to raise awareness in our society. In May 2019, she was appointed Consultant to the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops by Pope Francis, of which she was a member of the Spirituality and Communication Commissions. In the two Synodal Assemblies she has been a facilitator for discernment in the round tables. He currently lives in Rome. She received the Arco Iris CRISMHOM 2023 award, shared with Cristina Inogés and Marisol Ortiz.