Weekly News Roundup 09/09/2021

Our stories this week include: (1) a look at the newly released preparatory document and "handbook" for the upcoming "Synod on Synodality" (a two-year global process scheduled for Oct. 2021–Oct. 2023); (2) an ecumenical "Message for the Protection of Creation" signed by Pope Francis, Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, and the Anglican "Archbishop" of Canterbury; (3) a couple of pro-life updates (one involving Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, the other involving Mexico's Supreme Court); and (4) a new open letter of resistance to Traditionis Custodes signed by over 40 Catholic lay leaders.