Pope's meeting on church future says it's 'urgent' to guarantee governance roles for women

The move comes following a month of closed-door debate between senior Catholic bishops as well as lay people.

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00:00 The future of the Catholic Church, and in particular the place of women, is contained in a 42-page document.

00:07 It was approved by Pope Francis and 365 members of the Assembly of Bishops after four weeks of deliberations at the Vatican.

00:16 In his closing address, the Pope described the need to give women decision-making roles in the Church as urgent,

00:23 but postponed further discussion until next October.

00:27 They also discussed the ordination of married priests and treatment of LGBTQ members.

00:33 (whooshing)