[Catholic Caucus] Vatican Synod Report Urges Women’s Input in Preparing Future Priests

National Catholic Register ^ | March 4, 2026 | Victoria Cardiel

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[Catholic Caucus] Vatican Synod Report Urges Women’s Input in Preparing Future Priests

The report also warns seminaries must not become an “artificial environment” detached from the ordinary life of the faithful.

The General Secretariat of the Synod has published a preliminary report urging that women’s “views and assessments” be given due weight in the discernment of candidates for priesthood and warning against seminary models that separate future priests from the ordinary life of the people of God. The proposals are not definitive and have been forwarded to Pope Leo XIV for review.

The text gathers conclusions from a synod study group tasked with examining priestly formation in a synodal key.

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TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events
KEYWORDS: frankenchurch; girlypriests; sinnodalchurch

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So now we'll have new-age "synodal" lesbians involved in the formation of effeminate/queer seminarians, if Pope Leo approves.

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Ping

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There has always been women’s input; it’s called mom.

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There has been women’s input in the US for decades.

Some women in the diocese and seminary offices were gatekeepers against conservative and traditionally-minded men, called them too rigid and unsuited for a pastoral role. Part of the process that led to a wishy washy church.

I think women should have input - but not those who want to hollow out the church and remake it to the whims of the age.