{"id":17098,"date":"2026-06-25T13:37:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usml.edu\/?page_id=17098"},"modified":"2026-06-26T13:56:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:56:26","slug":"synodal-lecture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/usml.edu\/es\/sple\/synodal-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"A Synodal Church in the Age of Pope Leo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"356\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-17100 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pope-Leo-1-1024x356.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pope-Leo-1-1024x356.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pope-Leo-1-300x104.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pope-Leo-1-768x267.jpg 768w, https:\/\/usml.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pope-Leo-1-1536x535.jpg 1536w, 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