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Oswald's avatar

I have no difficulties trusting the Pillar over Cardinal Ghirlanda. Besides the fact that JD and Ed have proven their professional integrity many times over, they aren't the only publication reporting on this. Either there's a lot of misinformation floating around in Vatican circles (possible, but seems unlikely to me for it to be of this magnitude about a very important topic/process) or he's telling a bald-faced lie. Not that I'd be disappointed if this would turn out to not be true and no changes were made. But I have a hard time believing that Pope Francis would not want to leave his own mark on the papal election process, so this story has the ring of truth to it from my point of view irrespective of any other factors.

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MDDake's avatar

Conclave is already synodal. Otherwise synodal does not mean anything.

Lay persons do not need to participate in conclave or its preparation times.

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