Pope Francis calls for church that is far more decentralised

Pope Francis calls for church that is far more decentralised
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Pope Francis called on Saturday for a Catholic Church that is far more decentralised, where they laity play a greater role, bishops conferences take care of certain problems and even the papacy is rethought.

Pope Francis called on Saturday for a Catholic Church that is far more decentralised, where they laity play a greater role, bishops conferences take care of certain problems and even the papacy is rethought.

Francis issued the call during a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the institution of the Synod of Bishops, a consultative body formed during the Second Vatican Council that was intended precisely to encourage collegiality in the running of the church by inviting bishops to offer their advice to Rome.
Over the past five decades, the synod has been little more than a talk-fest. But Francis has sought to re-energize it, and the contentious meeting under way at Vatican, in which cons.
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