Although the organiser of the event, the bishop of Šiauliai, stated that I. Vėgėlė was not specially invited to the Celebration of Families, experts stress that the visits of politicians to church events and political agitation by priests are primarily detrimental to the church itself.
On October 18, participants in the first session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops turned their attention to the Synod’s fourth topic: “Participation, governance and authority.