The Catholic Church consists not only of the Latin Church, but also of 23 Eastern Catholic Churches. Pope Francis not only prescribed synodality as a principle of reform, but also recognised that synodal practice is stronger in the Eastern Churches. The speaker explores the question of whether the Latin Church can learn from the Eastern Catholic Churches. The 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, also referred to as the "Synod on Synodality", dealt with synodality in the Eastern Churches several times. The First Session, held in October 2023, suggested in the Synthesis Report "further study of the contribution that the experience of the Eastern Catholic Churches can make to the understanding and practice of synodality." The second session, held in October 2024, paid much attention to the Eastern Churches in its final document. The question is, however, whether the concept of synodality used here is too vague. The speaker's analysis leads to a sobering conclusion. The concept of synod is not the same in the East as it is in the West. In the Eastern Canon law, the term "synod" is reserved for assemblies that consist exclusively of bishops and have the power of governance. In contrast, the current discussions on strengthening synodality aim precisely at forms that involve all the faithful. In the context of the universal Synod on synodality, the Canonical Commission proposed to adapt the Latin particular councils to the Eastern concept of synodality. However, this cannot be recognised as strengthening the laity, but, on the contrary, it would introduce a new separation. Concrete reforms that are still awaited should not simply transpose existing concepts from a different context.