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Among the people working on the new synod document are U.S. Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, Texas; Sister Nathalie Becquart; and Jesuit Father Giacomo Co...
Committee begins writing Synod on Synodality working document behind closed doors April 12, 2023
Synod on Synodality logo / Courtesy USCCBRome Newsroom, Apr 12, 2023 / 09:25 am (CNA).A committee of 22 people this week kicked off the writing process for the Synod on Synodality's working document that will be the blueprint for discussions during the meeting of bishops in October. According to a statement from the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops on April 12, a "group of experts from five continents" is meeting at the Vatican until April 19 "with the aim of starting the reflection that will lead at a later stage to the drafting of the Instrumentum Laboris, the ...
When bishops gathered in Suva, Fiji, earlier this month, plans for a prayer service next to the ocean were derailed by stormy weather. The very location of the meeting underscored one of the region's most urgent concerns.
Some Australian Catholics fear that the momentum from their unique synodal experiment could be lost… unless the international Synod comes to the rescue