Filipina to join Vatican assembly as Pope opens it to women for the first time

FIRST ON RAPPLER. 'I feel honored to be part of the Asian voice to the synod,' Filipina theologian Estela Padilla tells Rappler after Pope Francis gave her voting rights at the Synod of Bishops in October.

MANILA, Philippines – A Filipina theologian is set to participate and vote at a crucial Vatican assembly after Pope Francis opened this meeting to non-bishops, including women and young people, for the first time in church history.appointed by the Pope himself to join the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops from October 4 to 29.

“I feel honored to be part of the Asian voice to the synod,” Padilla told Rappler late Friday evening, July 7. This process, called the Synod on Synodality, is an unprecedented attempt to take the pulse of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics, beginning with consultations in parishes and continuing on the national and continental levels. The October synod brings this process to a global level through a nearly monthlong meeting in Rome. since the mid-1960s, the October synod stands out because it is the first time that voting rights went beyond bishops and a few priests.

“In this journey, I will carry in my heart the keywords of my team Bukal ng Tipan: Kapwa, Simbahan, Bayan,” Padilla said.“It is a great honor for the Philippine Church,” said Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, president of the CBCP, in reaction to Padilla’s appointment. Second, the bishop said, Padilla was part of the national synodal team for the Philippines and the continental synodal team for Asia. She also participated in communal discernment in Rome before the Synod Document for the Continental Stage was drafted.

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