Pope extends reform process amid apathy, criticism

By Associated Press

Oct 18, 2022 12:03 am

(UPDATED) ROME: Pope Francis has decided to extend by a year a lengthy global consultation of ordinary Catholics about the future of the Catholic Church, amid limited participation by the laity and the hierarchy's seeming resistance to his reforms.

Francis announced on Sunday that the planned 2023 gathering of bishops would now take place in two stages — one session in October 2023 and a second in October 2024 — to allow more time to find a way forward.

SEEKING SYNODALITY Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience at Saint Peter's Square in the Vatican on Oct. 12, 2022. AP PHOTO

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