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Synod Group Calls for Gender Equality in Church Workplaces
Confirmed
In Short: The General Secretariat of the Synod published the final report of Study Group 6, proposing mechanisms to promote equality between men and women in Church workplaces.
The General Secretariat of the Synod on Tuesday, Sept. 8, published the final report of Study Group 6, which includes concrete proposals for renewing relations among bishops, consecrated life, and ecclesial associations, with a focus on promoting greater equality between men and women in Church workplaces.
The group, coordinated by Cardinal Joseph William Tobin, has now completed its work, with seven of the Synod’s ten original study groups having published their final reports.
The nonbinding report, which will be reviewed by Pope Leo XIV, is part of the work undertaken by the 10 study groups created by Pope Francis in 2024 in connection with the Synod on Synodality.
One of the report’s main conclusions is that the Church should move toward broader participation by consecrated men and women in discernment and decision-making processes, reflecting a shift towards more inclusive practices within the Church.
What's confirmed
- The General Secretariat of the Synod on Tuesday, Sept. 8, published the final report of Study Group 6, which includes concrete proposals for renewing relations among bishops, consecrated life, and ecclesial associations, with a focus on promoting greater equality between men and women in Church workplaces.
- The group, coordinated by Cardinal Joseph William Tobin, has now completed its work, with seven of the Synod’s ten original study groups having published their final reports.
- The nonbinding report, which will be reviewed by Pope Leo XIV, is part of the work undertaken by the 10 study groups created by Pope Francis in 2024 in connection with the Synod on Synodality.
- One of the report’s main conclusions is that the Church should move toward broader participation by consecrated men and women in discernment and decision-making processes, reflecting a shift towards more inclusive practices within the Church.
What's still developing
- Its members included Cardinal Kevin Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family, and Life; Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, pro-prefect of the Section for the First Evangelization and New Particular Churches of the Dicastery for Evangelization; and Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, prefect emeritus of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.
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