According to detractors, the rules changes aren’t intended to expand the voices heard during a synod but to restrict them – that is, to stack the deck with lay activists to parrot a progressive line, diluting the impact of more conservative bishops.
The Cardinal Archbishop of New York, the founder of FOCUS and the rector of the Knock Shrine are some of the new figures the Pope has chosen to contribute to the Vatican's Dicastery for Evangelization.