Synod canon law proposals could make Catholic Church ‘Protestant community’
Canonists warn that proposed canon law reforms from the Synod on Synodality to transfer governing power to laypeople would ‘undermine the nature of the Church.’
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Canonists warn that proposed canon law reforms from the Synod on Synodality to transfer governing power to laypeople would ‘undermine the nature of the Church.’
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