ABC News (Australia) published this video item, entitled “Women to vote for first time at Synod of Bishops discussing the Catholic Church’s future | The World” – below is their description.
Pope Francis is about to open a several-week meeting involving hundreds of Catholic clergy as part of a years-long survey into the future of the church. On the agenda: the role of women in church leadership, blessing same-sex unions and how the church should be governed. But outspoken cardinals wary of the Pope’s agenda, as well as advocates for child sex abuse survivors, have ensured the meeting won’t be without its critics. Loughlin Patrick reports.
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Australia, officially known as the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania and the world’s sixth-largest country by total area.
Voting is a method for a group, such as a meeting or an electorate, in order to make a collective decision or express an opinion usually following discussions, debates or election campaigns. Democracies elect holders of high office by voting. Residents of a place represented by an elected official are called “constituents”, and those constituents who cast a ballot for their chosen candidate are called “voters”. There are different systems for collecting votes, but while many of the systems used in decision-making can also be used as electoral systems, any which cater for proportional representation can only be used in elections.
In smaller organizations, voting can occur in different ways. Formally via ballot to elect others for example within a workplace, to elect members of political associations or to choose roles for others. Informally voting could occur as a spoken agreement or as a verbal gesture like a raised hand or electronically.