Document requires a two-thirds majority to pass. It unclear if it will be voted on paragraph by paragraph or as a whole.

In his address, Pope Francis hit out at the “mocking comments” made by some about the feathers worn by an indigenous man at the Synod’s opening Mass on Sunday.

The killing has been described as the “fruit of hate campaigns perpetrated against Indigenous peoples”.

“While affirming that celibacy is a gift for the Church, it is asked that for the most remote areas of the region, the possibility of priestly ordination of elders ... even those who already have stable and consolidated families, be studied in order to ensure the sacraments to accompany and sustain Christian life.”

Killing in the name of God “is an aberration” Pontiff warns but adds that responsible people should recognise the boundaries of civility.