VIDEO: Expand role of women in the Church, synod told

Women need to play a much more important and inclusive role in the Church, the first synod in Ireland in 50 years has been told.

Around 400 delegates spent three days at the Limerick Diocesan Synod where they voted on 100 proposals to help map out the future of the Church and how it serves the community in a time of falling vocations.

A motion to establish a working group to explore and scope out how and where women can play a leadership role in the governance of the Church received the highest number of priority votes at the synod.