Inside the contentious synod meeting on women deacons
Jesuit
Father David McCallum, an expert at the Synod of Bishops, left, and
Jesuit Father Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator, a synod member and dean of the
Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University in California, pray
during a synod session in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Oct.
15, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
The
“Inside the Vatican” team is together in Rome—live and in person—for
the Synod on Synodality’s final week. Host Colleen Dulle, veteran
Vatican correspondent Gerard O'Connell and producer Ricardo da Silva,
S.J., discuss last week’s most contentious story out of the Vatican: the
scheduled meeting of Study Group 5, which is considering ways to
increase participation for women in the Church, including the
possibility of women deacons.
The team examines the “palpable outrage” reported by delegates during their scheduled meeting, where they expected to engage with the Vatican's doctrinal chief and study group members. Instead, they were met by staffers from his office. This unexpected turn not only frustrated delegates but raises serious questions about the real commitment to synodality in the church’s highest ranks.
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