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The General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which will convene in October, will for the first time include facilitators, the Vatican newspaper reported.
Pope Francis has decided to amend the composition of the Synodal Assembly to include 70 non-bishop members; priests, deacons, consecrated men and women, and lay women and men, with a right to vote in the upcoming General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in October.
Holy Spirit is 'at work' in Catholic Church in North America
Pope Francis delivered his Angelus address on Sept. 18, 2022. / Vatican Media.Vatican City, Oct 16, 2022 / 05:30 am (CNA).Pope Francis announced on Sunday that the Synod on Synodality will be extended to 2024.Speaking in his Angelus address on Oct. 16, the pope shared his decision to divide the Synod of Bishops into two sessions that will meet in Rome in October 2023 and October 2024.Pope Francis explained that he made the decision "in order to have a more relaxed period of discernment.""The fruits of the synodal process under way are many, but so that they might come to full ma...
In a surprise announcement this morning, Pope Francis has announced that the final, Roman phase of the ongoing Synod on Synodality will extend over two sessions from October 4-29, 2023, and in October 2024.