(ANSA) - VATICAN CITY, MAY 21 - In what is being seen as
another 'revolution' in Pope Francis's Church, the pontiff has
decided to open up bishops' synods to "all the people of God",
the Vatican said Friday.
A synod, henceforth, will not be "just an event but a process
that involves the People of God in synergy with the episcopal
College and the Bishop of Rome (the pope) , each according to
their function", the Holy See said.
The next synod will be organised in three stages, between
October 2021 and October 2023, with a diocesan phase, a
continental one, and the conclusive one at the level of the
Universal Church, it said. (ANSA).
Pope opens synods to 'all God's people'
No longer bishops' assizes but process from below