Catholic divide deepens as traditionalists call for Synod walkout
The Catholic Church moved closer to a split over homosexuality and marriage after divorce today after traditionalists called for a walk out by "faithful" bishops at the Synod on the Family in Rome.
The Twitter hashtag #synodwalkout quickly began trending after the conservative blog One Peter Five set up a change.org petition calling on the conservative cardinals and archbishops to stage a walkout. Within hours of being posted early this morning, the petition gained more than 1,600 signatures.
Observers in Rome and on social media began talking of "chaos", and headlines such as "showdown in Rome" began to appear on well-informed conservative websites....