{"id":31590,"date":"2015-10-17T08:58:44","date_gmt":"2015-10-17T13:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=31590"},"modified":"2015-10-17T08:59:35","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T13:59:35","slug":"on-popes-and-synod-majorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/17\/on-popes-and-synod-majorities\/","title":{"rendered":"On Popes and Synod Majorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rocco<\/a> just pointed out something interesting and\u00a0directly relevant to questions of what the synod might decide and what the pope might do with that and what collegiality means.<\/p>\n<p>At the synod on the Word of God back in 2008, no less than 80% of the synod fathers <a href=\"https:\/\/cnsblog.wordpress.com\/2008\/10\/25\/an-opening-on-women-lectors\/\" target=\"_blank\">favored opening the instituted ministry of lectors to women<\/a>. 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