Future Pope Leo XIV embraced synodality, female leadership as bishop in Peru
News Future Pope Leo XIV embraced synodality, female leadership as bishop in Peru Long before Pope Francis' Synod on Synodality, then-Bishop Robert Prevost allowed women to lead synodal commissions in his Peru diocese, according to a report. This group, later described as a “synodal laboratory,” consisted of priests, religious, and lay men and women who traveled through the diocese to listen to each parish’s needs and particularly emphasized the perspective of the laity. Clerics and laity in Chiclayo described to NCR how Bishop Prevost focused on “listening” to the perspective of the laity and even defended allowing women to lead synodal commissions.
- ▪News Future Pope Leo XIV embraced synodality, female leadership as bishop in Peru Long before Pope Francis' Synod on Synodality, then-Bishop Robert Prevost allowed women to lead synodal commissions in his Peru diocese, according to a report
- ▪This group, later described as a “synodal laboratory,” consisted of priests, religious, and lay men and women who traveled through the diocese to listen to each parish’s needs and particularly emphasized the perspective of the laity.
- ▪Clerics and laity in Chiclayo described to NCR how Bishop Prevost focused on “listening” to the perspective of the laity and even defended allowing women to lead synodal commissions.
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News Future Pope Leo XIV embraced synodality, female leadership as bishop in Peru Long before Pope Francis' Synod on Synodality, then-Bishop Robert Prevost allowed women to lead synodal commissions in his Peru diocese, according to a report. Cardinal Robert Prevost, during a Synod 2023 press conferenceMichael Haynes AntoninoCambria 0 Antonino Cambria Comments 0 Fri Jul 24, 2026 - 2:41 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) — A new report published this week by the heterodox National Catholic Reporter (NCR), featuring interviews from members of the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, sheds new light on how then-Bishop Robert Prevost, the future Pope Leo XIV, implemented synodality and embraced women taking on leadership roles during his tenure as ordinary.
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