In considering the intellectual biography of Pope Francis, many commentators have noted the rich influence of Romano Guardini (+1968) on the late pope's theology and worldview. One of Guardini's noteworthy philosophical contributions is a robust understanding of polarity and a dialectic of polar oppositions wherein "resolution" or "integration" is not something which is experienced despite polarity but in and through it (Der Gegensatz, 1925). The end game of this dialectic is neither a Hegelian synthesis, nor a hegemonic "victor" eliminating its opponent, but a unity of contrasts wherein polarity remains not as a hindrance to communion, but as its foundation. This paper seeks to utilize Guardini's insights as a means of 1) further understanding Pope Francis' understanding of the synodal process and 2) as a tool with which to understand what "integration" of marginalized groups into the Church could resemble in practice. Reading Guardini as a theologian of the Mystical Body, I further argue that this theology's later French and American turn towards social action prevents "integration" from becoming itself hegemonic and instead open to a creative unity of contrasts as the Church encounters and learns from marginal voices.