The Church will take a new course, safer and surer. Yet, this will not save her from the storms which lay ahead, the great disruptions in world history, even the tragedies of despair that will be so widespread.
How important are these years so the Church can brace herself for the future shocks, both internal and external.
The synod groups will present some problems, people who want serious changes. Pope Francis has already committed the Church to three more years of synodality. Pope Leo will allow this to happen but the inner force of the meetings will not carry the same urgency.