The Vatican announced Wednesday that there will be laypeople participating as voting members in the Synod on Synodality’s October assembly, a break with past custom, which allowed laypeople to participate without the right to vote. https://t.co/10fcH6FymC
— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) April 26, 2023
On Wednesday the Vatican’s office for the Synod of Bishops announced a series of modifications to the rules governing membership in synod gatherings, for the first time allowing women to be appointed as full members with voting rights.https://t.co/oqikCvBZbP
— Crux (@Crux) April 27, 2023
JUST IN: 10 consecrated clerics to be replaced by 5 women & 5 men religious at Oct Synod in Rome. Auditors to be replaced by 70 non-bishop members chosen by #PopeFrancis. All to be given right to vote, but @Synod_va insists it does not change the episcopal nature of the assembly. pic.twitter.com/I8AKE1XiFF
— Diane Montagna (@dianemontagna) April 26, 2023
