The General Secretariat of the Synod has published the Final Report of the Canonical Commission for a Synodal Church, a working document that proposes amending various canons of the Code of Canon Law to incorporate into the legal system some of the conclusions of the synodal process carried out between 2021 and 2024.
The text, dated in the Vatican on September 22, has been prepared based on the two General Assemblies of the Synod of Bishops in October 2023 and October 2024 and, especially, on the Final Document approved on October 26, 2024. The Commission explains that its immediate objective is to identify those reforms that could be applied in the short term, although it also contemplates more profound modifications for later phases.
The first part of the report addresses the presence of the laity, men and women, in offices, positions, and ministries within the Church, including some related to ecclesiastical governance.