leaders associated with the Global Anglican Future Conference, commonly known as GAFCON Photo: GAFCON

Synod Study Groups Signal Structural Shifts: Digital Jurisdiction and Women’s Role in Seminary Formation on the Vatican Table

The decision to publish the reports was ordered by Pope Leo XIV, who has insisted that synodality must include transparency and accountability before the entire People of God. Cardinal Mario Grech, Secretary General of the Synod, described the texts not as finished products but as working instruments—“a starting point, not an arrival.”