FutureChurch, an Ohio-based Catholic reform group, announced that its director, Deborah Rose-Milavec, is retiring. Colleagues told NCR that she led her group with persistence, collaboration, creativity and passion.
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Sr. Maria Cimperman described Pope Francis' reimagined process for the Oct. 4-29 Synod of Bishops as a "walking together," even if prelates still hold the majority of votes.
In NCR interviews after the announcement that Pope Francis will expand participation in the upcoming synod to include laypersons as voting members, theologians and reform groups praised the move as a substantial change.