A laity group in India has urged the Vatican to extend the primary synthesis stage of the Rome Synod for another three more months. “The third wave of corona pandemic is sweeping across the world. As such it is impossible for people to travel or organize physical gatherings, so critical to discerning God’s will for the future of the Church,” says a letter from the Indian Catholic Forum addressed to Sister Nathalie Becquart, the Under Secretary of the Synod in Rome.