St. Peter's Chair Relic Veneration Marks End of Two-Year Synodal Journey | EWTN News Nightly

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At the Vatican, 70 cardinals, along with more than 300 priests and bishops, concelebrated the Closing Mass of the Synod on Synodality. It took place inside St. Peter's Basilica and its newly refurbished canopy. Pope Francis led the faithful in a unique and special veneration of the relic of the chair of St. Peter. Public veneration will be available until December 8th. With some worried about the results of the synod, Cardinal Kurt Loch, prefect of the Office that Promotes Christian Unity, shared, "We must make a clear difference between decision-making and decision-taking. In the process of decision-making… all people of the Church must be included in this process… but decision-taking is the responsibility and authority of the bishops, and of the bishop of Rome." Editorial Director for EWTN News and one of the hosts of our daily coverage last week, Matthew Bunson, joins to share what the major takeaways were from these past two years. The final document was received by the Holy Father and immediately published "as is." Bunson discusses how this is a new direction for a synod's closing document. He explains what we can expect from the working groups now that the synod has closed. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf