Pope Leo Grants Eastern Synods the Faculty to Remove Patriarchs
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ewtnnews.comPope Leo XIV Says Eastern Synods Can Remove Patriarchs for Serious Reasons
Pope Leo XIV gives his apostolic blessing at the end of the general audience in St. Peter’s Basilica on Aug. 26, 2026. The pope made the declaration in an apostolic letter issued motu proprio titled Mutua Concordia.
Pope Leo XIV issued apostolic letter allowing bishops of the Eastern Catholic Churches to remove patriarchs in synod, but maintains papal veto power over the decision.
Pope Leo XIV has published the Apostolic Letter in the form of Motu Proprio entitled "Mutua Concordia", a provision by which canons 106 and 126 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium) are modified.According to Vatican News, this document has as its main objective to strengthen communion between the Patriarch, called Pater et Caput, and the rest of the bishops who make up the Synod of Bishops of a Sui…
Leo XIV granted the Synods of Bishops of the Eastern Catholic Churches the right to dismiss their own patriarch for a grave cause. The new regulations were included in a Motu Proprio published on August 29. However, the final decision will require papal consent.
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