The vast crowds filling St Peter’s Square for Pope Leo’s Angelus on Sunday might have suggested a papal election rather than an ordinary weekly blessing. Yet among the thousands gathered were more than 4,000 delegates attending the Jubilee for Synodal Teams — Church representatives from across the world who came to celebrate, reflect, and listen to the…
Irish delegates prominent as Pope Leo engages Synodal Teams on the role of women
Lisa Murray, Fr Brian Fitzpatrick, Deacon Pearse Thornbury, Dr Mark Byrne and Bro. Thierry
Marteaux from the Diocese of Dromore attend an audience with Pope Leo XIV at the
Vatican as part of the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies. Photo: Diocese
of Dromore.

