As three-week synod nears terminate, hopes of reforming church’s approach to family dealt blow – but pontiff has likely won over enough to pursue change in futurePope Francis has failed to convince an overwhelming majority of bishops who own convened in Rome to change church rules that forbid remarried Catholics from receiving communion. The result is a significant blow to the pontiff’s hopes to reform the church and bring people back to the faith who feel it is too far out of step with the realities of marriage and divorce.
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Source: theguardian.com