Synod participants have said Pope Francis’s instructions on women priests and blessings for same-sex couples prior to the gathering eliminated the distraction of getting hung up on specific issues and created space for other topics to be addressed.
ROME – Participants in the Synod of Bishops on Synodality selected by organizers to speak with the media have said Pope Francis’s comments on women priests and blessings for same-sex couples prior to the gathering eliminated the distraction of getting hung up on specific issues, thereby creating space for other topics to be addressed. The
On October 10, participants in the first session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops continued their discussion of the Synod’s second topic: “How can we be more fully a sign and instrument of union with God and of the unity of all humanity?”
At a press conference, Paolo Ruffini, prefect of the Dicastery for Communication, said that on the previous day, Synod participants had elected some of the members of two commissions.