@ARTICLE{Bańka_Aleksander_What_2024,
 author={Bańka, Aleksander},
 number={Tom 19},
 pages={11-27},
 journal={Studia Nauk Teologicznych PAN},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2024},
 publisher={Polskia Akademia Nauk - Komitet Nauk Teologicznych},
 abstract={The Synod on synodality initiated by Pope Francis is a part of the ongoing discussion in the Church about its future, generating many questions and controversies. For some it is an attempt to provide an adequate response to the challenges facing the Church today, for others it is an attack on its doctrine and a path towards depriving it of its unique identity. Are these concerns valid? What future of the Church is shaped within the synodal process? The author answers such questions by analyzing documents dedicated to synodality, as well as using the direct experience of the participant in the Roman stage of the synodal process. He also puts forward the thesis that synodality will play a key role in the future not only at the level of the Church as a whole, but also at the level of local ecclesial communities. If the Church of the future is a Church of small, integrated communities, synodality will be their style of existence.},
 title={What will be the future of the Church? Synodal dilemmas and prospects},
 type={Artykuł},
 URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/133512/PDF/2024-SNT-02.pdf},
 doi={10.24425/snt.2024.150505},
 keywords={Catholicism, Church, laity, pope, doctrine, synod, synodality},
}