#Vatican #summit #praises #women's #leadership but stops short on giving #women the ability to become #clergy
#ope Francis called the month-long summit, known as a #SynodofBishops, to consider the #future of the worldwide #Church
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Misogyny #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews
#LGBTQ+ #Catholics #express cautious #hope for #change as #SynodofBishops starts.
In the wake of the release of the synod's #working #document, #LGBTQ+ #Catholic #advocacygroups #celebrated the #document's use of the "#LGBTQ+" #acronym as a significant #stepforward by the #Vatican.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Spirituality #Religion
https://www.ncronline.org/news/lgbtq-catholics-express-cautious-hope-change-synod-bishops-starts
As the Synod of Bishops opens Oct. 4, LGBTQ+ Catholics are expressing gratitude that Pope Francis' revamped synodal process has included their voices, and sharing cautious hope that the outcome will lead to even greater openness.
#PopeFrancis approved changes to the norms governing the #SynodOfBishops, a #Vatican body that gathers the worldβs bishops together for periodic meetings, following years of demands by #women to have the #RightToVote.
The Vatican on Wednesday published the modifications he approved, which emphasize his vision for the lay faithful taking on a greater role in #Church affairs that have long been left to clerics, #bishops and #cardinals.
VATICAN CITY (AP) β Pope Francis has decided to give women the right to vote at an upcoming meeting of bishops, an historic reform that reflects his hopes to give women greater decision-making responsibilities and laypeople more say in the life of the Catholic Church.
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