Syriac Church synod becomes first to challenge patriarch under new papal reform

The Syriac Catholic Church has become the first Eastern Church sui iuris to initiate a process to depose its patriarch, following the promulgation of canonical reforms by Pope Leo XIV on Aug. 29.

Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Younan. Credit: Wikimedia via Flickr. CC BY SA 2.0

The senior bishop of the Eastern Church’s synod of bishops initiated the process…