Revolution in the Church: Lay Governance, Synodality & Leo in France
A quiet revolution in
Church governance may be underway. A new report from the Vatican’s Synodal
Office proposes changes to canon law that could expand the role of lay men and
women in ecclesial governance. Could this fundamentally alter the hierarchical
structure of the Catholic Church?
Raymond Arroyo, Fr. Gerald Murray and Robert Royal examine the proposed
canonical changes, the push for lay governance, and a Belgian bishop’s plans to
prepare married men for the priesthood.
