Pope Francis urges Roman Rota to work with 'synodal spirit'

Pope Francis addresses members of the Roman Rota in the Vatican's Clementine Hall, Jan. 27, 2022. / Vatican Media.Vatican City, Jan 27, 2022 / 07:25 am (CNA).Pope Francis on Thursday urged members of the Catholic Church's highest court handling appeals of marriage annulment cases to work with a "synodal spirit." In his annual speech to the Apostolic Tribunal of the Roman Rota on Jan. 27, the pope recalled that the worldwide Church is engaged in a two-year consultation process ahead of the 2023 Synod on Synodality."The synodal path we are currently following also challenges our meeting, because it also involves the judicial sphere and your mission at the service of families, especially those who are wounded and in need of the balm of mercy," he said in his address in the Vatican's Clementine Hall.The Roman Rota is one of the three courts of the Holy See, along with the Apostolic Penitentiary and the Apostolic Signatura. Among the Rota's primary responsibilities is considering ap...

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