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Vatican summit avoids discussing women clergy Church leaders, lay people from 110 nations taking part Pope Francis criticised over stances on women in society Summit expected to issue final ...

But advocates say Francis has taken the issue of women clergy off the table at the synod, by asking the Vatican's typically conservative doctrinal office to take over study of whether women can be ...

The question of women deacons, the document said, "remains open" and "discernment needs to continue". The Catholic Church has an all-male clergy and Pope John Paul II declared it had no authority ...

Vatican Summit Praises Women's Leadership, but Stops Short on Women Clergy By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A major Vatican summit of global Catholic leaders ended on Saturday with a ...

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Cardinals attend a mass concluding the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops at St Peter's basilica in The Vatican, on Sunday. AFP A major Vatican summit of global Catholic leaders ...