2 0 1 9 ▁Francis ' ▁apost ol ic ▁constitution ▁Epis cop alis ▁commun io ▁allowed ▁that ▁the ▁final ▁document ▁of ▁a ▁syn od ▁may ▁become ▁mag ister ial ▁teaching ▁simply ▁with ▁pap al ▁appro val . ▁The ▁constitution ▁also ▁allowed ▁for ▁la ity ▁to ▁contribute ▁input ▁directly ▁to ▁the ▁syn od ' s ▁secretary ▁general . ▁Some ▁anal yst s ▁see ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁a ▁truly ▁syn od al ▁church ▁as ▁likely ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁greatest ▁contribution ▁of ▁Francis ' ▁pap acy . ▁ ▁Cons ult ation ▁with ▁Catholic ▁la ity ▁▁ ▁A ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁survey ▁by ▁World ▁Val ues ▁Survey ▁c ited ▁in ▁The ▁Washington ▁Post ▁and ▁Time ▁shows ▁how ▁the ▁unity ▁Pope ▁Francis ▁had ▁created ▁could ▁be ▁challeng ed . ▁Although ▁views ▁about ▁Francis ▁personally ▁were ▁favor able , ▁many ▁C athol ics ▁disag re ed ▁with ▁at ▁least ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁teach ings . ▁The ▁survey ▁found ▁that ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Church ▁are ▁deeply ▁divided ▁over ▁abort ion , ▁artificial ▁contra ception , ▁divor ce , ▁the ▁ord ination ▁of ▁women , ▁and ▁married ▁pri ests . ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁month ▁Pope ▁Francis ▁asked ▁par ishes ▁to ▁provide ▁answers ▁to ▁an ▁official ▁question naire ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁" m uch ▁bro ader ▁consult ation ▁than ▁just ▁a ▁survey " ▁regarding ▁opinions ▁among ▁the ▁la ity . ▁He ▁continued ▁to ▁assert ▁Catholic ▁doctrine , ▁in ▁less ▁dram atic ▁tone ▁than ▁his ▁recent ▁prede cess ors , ▁who ▁maintained ▁that ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Church ▁is ▁not ▁a