San Jose's Bishop Cantu: Church needs to lift up Catholic Latino voices

Both dynamics also affect the U.S. bishops' conference. Cantu, who has been the bishop of San Jose since 2019, told NCR in a Nov. 16 interview on the sidelines of the U.S. bishops' meeting in Baltimore that a lack of representation can cause a repeating negative feedback loop. Cantu said that the smaller group conversations at the bishops' meeting this year - the bishops sat at small tables together, instead of in rows facing the dais - were an example of growing synodality, especially because it was a change conference members had asked for. Beyond the new style of discussion at the bishops' meeting, Cantu said he thought the conference could expand its emphasis on synodality by asking presbyteral councils in dioceses for their input.