synod
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The synod was expected to vote on models proposed by both Prof Alexis Jay - who previously chaired the national Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse - and barrister Sarah Wilkinson.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2025
Advocates for greater roles for women in the Church had hoped the synod might call for women to serve as deacons.
From BBC • Oct. 26, 2024
The pope’s mixed record on LGBTQ+ issues was epitomized by the Vatican’s 2023 synod bringing together hundreds of bishops and lay people from around the world to confer on the future of the church.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2023
Then, on the eve of Francis’ big meeting of bishops last month, known as a synod, Burke presided over a counter-synod of sorts just steps away from St. Peter’s Square.
From Washington Times • Nov. 28, 2023
The next year, however, a new pope, John IX., annulled these proceedings and caused a synod to declare that no one should be condemned after death, for the accused must have the opportunity of defence.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles
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