Japanese archbishop calls for more ‘synodal’ Asian churches

Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo has actually contacted church leaders in Asia to make sure higher ordinary involvement to make sure synodality by appreciating social distinctions in the mostly clerical Asian Churches.

Asian nations are still extremely clerical: it is the clergy that make a decision, claimed Kikuchi, that is assistant general of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences (FABC).