Fr. Martin Lasarte Shares Synod Experience

Fr. Lasarte of SDB Mission Department Shares His Synod Experience

From CRUX, October 26, 2019

ROME - On the eve of the conclusion of the Oct. 6-27 Vatican summit on the Amazon, one of the participants said he regrets that too much of the discussion has been about ordaining married men to the priesthood and women to the diaconate.

Fr. Martin Lasarte in Angola a few years ago (Salesians of Angola)

“Unfortunately, the insistence on the ordained ministries has taken some of the spotlight from other issues, which in my opinion, should have been developed further,” said Salesian Father Martin Lasarte from Uruguay, who was a special appointment by Pope Francis to the Synod of Bishops’ meeting.

Read the whole interview: https://cruxnow.com/amazon-synod/2019/10/26/participant-says-debate-on-ordination-distracted-synod-from-more-important-issues/