The change in the formation of the Holy See’s diplomats was announced by Pope Francis in a letter to the new president of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Archbishop Joseph Marino.

Pope Francis emphasises that he is offering his “own response” evoked by last year’s Synod on the Amazon.

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.

Chairman of CAFOD, the Catholic Church’s aid and development agency in Britain, issues statement for World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.