The event will take place in Rome, Monday 31 October, at the headquarters of Vatican Radio Vatican News and will be followed in streaming on the Portuguese and Spanish channels, as well as on the CELAM Facebook page. The document, published in six languages, is entitled “Towards a synodal Church that reaches out to the peripheries. Reflections and pastoral proposals of the First Ecclesial Assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean ”.
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The Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council (CELAM) will officially present the document of the Ecclesial Assembly “Towards a synodal Church that reaches out to the peripheries. Reflections and pastoral proposals of the First Ecclesial Assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean“.
In a press conference, the document that represents the fruit of the synodal process that has gone through the Latin American and Caribbean Church will be known. The publication collects the pastoral proposals and the lines of action that emerged from the Ecclesial Assembly held from 22 to 28 November 2021 in Mexico City, with over 1,000 participants personally and remotely.
The pastoral guidelines set out in the document of the Ecclesial Assembly take on the challenges of the continent’s reality; unmasked by the people of God during the listening that precedes the ecclesial assembly and widely discussed in a path of synodal discernment that proposes a new itinerary for the pastoral action of the Church in Latin America and the Caribbean.
A proposal consistent with Pope Francis’ call to live the experience of synodality and which calls us as missionary disciples at the service of an outgoing Church that contributes with experience to the next Synod of synodality.
A meeting with the media
The Press Conference in face-to-face mode will be held on Monday 31 October 2022 at 15:00 (Rome) at the Marconi Hall of Vatican Radio – Vatican Newspaper. The event will be broadcast live on the Vatican News YouTube channel in Spanish and Portuguese and on the CELAM Facebook page.
The members of the CELAM presidency and special guests will be present as spokespersons of the organization, including: Monsignor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, Archbishop of Trujillo – Peru and President of CELAM, Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, Archbishop of Sao Paulo – Brazil and Primo Vice President, Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes, Archbishop of Managua – Nicaragua and Second Vice President, Archbishop Jorge Lozano, Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo – Argentina and Secretary General and Dr. Gianni La Bella, theologian and historian.
The testimonies of the members of the assembly who participated in the process that led to the establishment of the Ecclesial Assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean will also be known. Among them, sr. Gloria Liliana Franco, ODN, President of the Confederation of Latin American and Caribbean Religious (CLAR), Mgr. José Luis Azuaje, Archbishop of Maracaibo and President of Cáritas Latin America and Caribbean, sr. Laura Vicuña, representative of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA) and Paola Balanza, representative of the Latin American Youth Ministry.
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Journalists and media operators wishing to participate in the Press Conference remotely must register using the following form which will allow them to access the link of the meeting to be held via zoom.
The media admitted after having satisfied the requirement, will receive confirmation of participation in their email and, subsequently, the link to access the virtual platform that will allow them to actively participate in the Press Conference, with the possibility of asking their questions.
Registration form: https://forms.gle/DhxwWuZzAtpToojq6
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/VaticanNews
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/celam.oficial
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- 08:00 Mexico and Central America
- 09:00 Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- 10:00 Dominican Republic, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico
- 11:00 Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay, Argentina
- 15:00 Vatican City
