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Delegates are to be seated at round tables, with around a dozen laity and clergy mixed together in the Vatican’s big auditorium.
Fifty years later, Francis insisted on including the laity and emphasized the pre-eminence of the Holy Spirit.
Source: https://catholicoutlook.org/cathedrals-and-caravans/
Granting lay people the same right to vote as bishops undermines the hierarchical structure of the Church and resembles more the norms of synods of the Anglican and other Protestant communities, where clergy and laity are given equal voting rights.
Source: https://insidethevatican.com/news/newsflash/letter-101-2023-fri-june-16-schneider-on-synod/
In October, the universal stage will begin with the sixteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which will bring together 300 bishops and laity at the Vatican.
Source: https://insidethevatican.com/news/newsflash/letter-120-2023-mon-aug-28-burke-on-the-synod/
The participants in the dialogue — clergy and laity, professors representatives of both jurisdictions — still recognize that the state and civil society in Ukraine are important members in the dialogue of unity between the two Churches.
Source: https://insidethevatican.com/news/newsflash/letter-53-2023-wed-feb-22-ukraine/
The spokeswoman for New Beginning also pointed out that “the lay officials who were part of the Synodal Path were appointed to represent the normal laity, but they do not.”
The statement came just days after the closing of the general assembly of the Synod, a nearly four-week discussion among bishops and laity on the future of the worldwide Catholic Church.
Source: https://guardian.ng/news/vatican-takes-step-towards-transgender-catholics/
Topics included the bishops, the clergy, religious and laity, as well as with the Church’s sacraments, liturgy, the missions and the Eastern Churches.
Source: https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/a-look-back-at-vatican-ii-the-preparatory-commissions