There is a a “unanimous” and “crucial” call for women to be able to have more authority, the document said.
The synod, as it is known, is a key priority of Pope Francis, reflecting his vision of a church that is more about the faithful rank-and-file than its priests. have a vote alongside bishops. That reform is a concrete step toward what he calls “synodality,” a new way of being a church that envisions more co-responsibility in the key mission of spreading the Catholic faith.
The document noted that “most” of the continent-wide assemblies and “several” bishops conferences called for the diaconate question to be considered by the synod. “There is a profound need to imitate the Lord and Master in the ability to live out a seeming paradox: ‘boldly proclaiming its authentic teaching while at the same time offering a witness of radical inclusion and acceptance,’” it said.
It called for more “meaningful and concrete steps” to offer justice to survivors of sexual abuse, and noted that the faithful have also been victims of other types of abuse: “spiritual, economic, power and conscience abuse.” Such abuses, it said, have “eroded the credibility of the church and compromised the effectiveness of its mission.”
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