Bishops discuss how to run Church

BISHOPS from around the world yesterday began discussing proposals on running the Catholic Church.

These will include ways to address the priest shortage, speeding up annulment of marriages, and how to resolve the problem of giving Communion to Catholics who divorce and remarry.

While it seems the synod won't recommend relaxing the celibacy rule for priests, there is a growing consensus to recommend speeding up annulment processes so Catholics can remarry in church and thus be allowed to receive Communion.