Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J Chaput is asking Pope Francis to call off the Synod of Bishops on young people this October to focus instead on the life of the bishops.
"I have written to the Holy Father and called on him to cancel the upcoming synod on young people. Right now, the bishops would have absolutely no credibility in addressing this topic," the archbishop said at an August 30 conference at Philadelphia's St Charles Borromeo Seminary, according to a report published on the archdiocese website.
