When the 2024 Synod on Synodality issued its final document, our Catholic parish council asked my husband and me, as people who had followed it closely, what had changed.
We explained that the synodal documents made it obvious a conservative minority had blocked progress.
Nonetheless, “co-responsibility” and leadership roles for women were officially recommended. We added that Study Group 5, which is examining “specific ministerial forms” (including the restoration of women deacons), would continue its work.
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