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Pope to allow lay women Synod votes

Pope Francis has decided to give women the right to vote at the upcoming meeting Synod on Synodality, an unprecedented change that reflects his hopes to give women greater decision-making responsibilities and laypeople more say in the life of the Catholic Church. Francis approved changes to the norms following decades of demands by women to have the right to vote. [1]