synod

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Bishop of Blackburn Philip North - who tabled the amendment slimming down the choice put before the synod to one option - argued that the simpler model could be implemented more quickly.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2025

All of the synod members voted on each of 151 proposals.

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

But she said it was part of an important year that had as its high point the synod, the conclusion of which will drive Francis at least for another year.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2023

This latter practice was ineradicable, however, and twenty years later another synod was compelled to repeat the command.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles