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Pope Francis meets participants in the plenary assembly of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches at the Vatican's Clementine Hall, Feb. 18, 2022 / Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Apr 17, 2023 / 11:55 am (CNA).On Monday Pope Francis introduced a limit of 80 years of age for retired bishops and patriarchs in the Eastern Catholic Churches to take part in decisional voting.In the motu proprio Iam Pridem, issued April 17, the pope modified four articles in the Code of Canons for the Eastern Churches, which regularly meet in synods of bishops to make decisions and elect patriarchs.The changes exclud...

The changes exclude retired bishops and patriarchs over the age of 80 from participating in deliberative voting.

Pope Francis has barred retired prelates over the age of 80 from voting in the synods of the Eastern Catholic churches.