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NEW DELHI: Pope Francis will let women vote at a meeting of bishops for the first time, an important step toward giving them more say in the affairs of the Roman Catholic Church, according to The New York Times.
NEW DELHI: Pope Francis will let women vote at a meeting of bishops for the first time, an important step toward giving them more say in the affairs of the Roman Catholic Church, according to The New York Times.
The meeting, of an advisory committee called the Synod of Bishops, periodically takes place at the Vatican to discuss issues like divorce. In 2021, the pope amended church laws to let women be Bible readers at Mass, serve at the altar and distribute communion — practices that were already common in many places.
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