Kiwi prelates’ synod speeches see daylight briefly

Friday, October 16th, 2015

Summaries of family synod interventions by Bishop Charles Drennan and Cardinal John Dew were posted to the Polish bishops’ conference website last week, but were subsequently removed.

Summaries of interventions by several dozen synod fathers were posted.

This appeared to be in violation of rules at the synod.

The Vatican is only releasing short summaries of discussions without identifying prelates.

The synod fathers are free to publish their own interventions if they wish.

The postings to the Polish website lasted several days before being taken down.

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