Swapping pleasantries, two cardinals prepare to enter the Synod Hall for a consistory, an assembly of cardinals that advises the pope. 两位红衣主教边开玩笑边走入宗教会堂准备参加红衣教会议,这个红衣主教集合的会议作用是献策于教皇。
It comes ahead of a synod focusing on the region in October.
这个想法产生于10月份该地区的一个宗教会议上。
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The synod will bring together 365 members with voting rights, including, for the first time, 54 women.
峰会将聚集 365 名有投票权的成员,其中首次包括 54 名女性。
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She organized the protest on the synod's opening day.
她在主教会议开幕当天组织了抗议活动。
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Sister Maria Luisa Berzosa Gonzalez is taking part in the current synod.
Maria Luisa Berzosa Gonzalez 修女正在参加本届主教会议。
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It comes despite a shortage of clerics in isolated areas, and a vote in favor of such a change by a synod of bishops at the Vatican in October.
尽管偏远地区缺乏神职人员,并且梵蒂冈主教会议在10月份投票支持这样的改变,但教宗还是否决了该做法。
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Accordingly, in the further belief that you could not have too much of a good thing, Mr. Torkingham not only acted upon his idea, but at every pause rallied to the synod point with unbroken firmness.
A synod/ˈsɪnəd/ historically is a council of a church, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application. In modern usage, the word often refers to the governing body of a particular church, whether its members are meeting or not. It is also sometimes used to refer to a church that is governed by a synod.