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Women Deacons, ‘Sexuality’ and More: Here’s How the Synod Final Document Changed From the Draft, by Jonathan Liedl – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Women Deacons, ‘Sexuality’ and More: Here’s How the Synod Final Document Changed From the Draft, by Jonathan Liedl

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By Jonathan Liedl, National Catholic Register, October 28, 2024

Jonathan Liedl is senior editor for the Register. His background includes state Catholic conference work, three years of seminary formation, and tutoring at a university Christian study center. …

 

Amendments, or other avenues for affecting what was included in the text, still made significant difference in the 2024 text on a number of topics, including sexuality and the selection of bishops.

Jonathan LiedlWhen the final document of the Synod on Synodality’s was confirmed on Oct. 26, it emphasized that the possibility of women deacons remains unsettled.

“The question of women’s access to diaconal ministry remains open,” reads the document, which was expressly approved by Pope Francis after each of its 155 paragraphs were affirmed by 355 voting members. “This discernment needs to continue.”

But that language wasn’t included in the initial draft that members of the monthlong assembly were presented with earlier in the week.

In fact, according to a copy of the draft obtained by the Register, there was no mention of the possibility of women deacons at all. …

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