At the end of November I spent a week in Mexico at the invitation of CELAM, the umbrella body of Latin-American bishops’ conferences, to attend the region’s first “Ecclesial Assembly,” in which a 1,000-strong mix of bishops, clergy, religious and lay people gathered to discuss the pastoral priorities of the Church in the post-Covid era.

I was interviewed about why I had come (in Spanish) shortly after arriving, gave a 3-minute reflection to the assembly (here, at 37’25, also in Spanish), and, after returning took part in a podcast for America magazine, which later published the following article with my reflections (including some criticisms) of a remarkable and important event.