A month-long Vatican meeting on the future of the Roman Catholic Church concluded without clear positions on women deacons and LGBT community. The Synod of Bishops, which included 300 bishops and lay participants, allowed women and lay people to vote on Church affairs for the first time. The final document released had 81 paragraphs, with two mentioning the possibility of women being ordained deacons, receiving the most negative votes. Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich expressed surprise at the relatively high number of votes in favor of women deacons.
Iconic Wines, Local Food: A Fox Harb'r Dining Experience with Bram Bolwijn | SaltWireVATICAN CITY - A month-long Vatican meeting on the future of the Roman Catholic Church ended on Saturday without clear stands on hot-button issues such as women deacons and welcoming the LGBT community.
The body released a final document with 81 paragraphs that each received at least two-thirds approval. Asked at a news conference about the relatively high number of negative votes on women deacons, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, one of the organisers, said he was surprised"that so many people have voted in favour ... that means that the resistance is not so great as people have thought".
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