In a press release from the Synod of Bishops on October 11, reference was made to the anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. The three guests shared their feelings about this peer conference from their own perspectives.
(Vatican News Network)October 11 is a day of deep symbolic meaning. Paolo Ruffini, Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication and Chairman of the Information Committee of the Synod of Bishops, and Ms. Sheila Pires, Secretary of the Committee, mentioned this to the reporters present at a briefing held in the Press Room the Holy See that morning. . A big event.
Cardinal Joseph William Tobin, Archbishop of Newark, USA, Bishop Shane Anthony McKinlay of Sandhurst, Australia, and Ms. Giuseppina De Simone, Professor of the Pontifical Theological Seminary in the South of the Italy, to be present speaking at the meeting.
Care for the relationship
Ms. Pires said that since October 10, participants started talking about the third unit. As in the past, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, general speaker of the Synod of Bishops, gave an appropriate introduction, and 346 people attended the meeting. Before Cardinal Hollerich spoke, Co-Cardinal Father Timothy Radcliffe led the participants to discuss the theme of this unit.
Prayer vigil for the Archduke
Ruffini told reporters in attendance that a group discussion was held on the morning of October 11, with 341 people in attendance. In the evening, each language desk submitted a report. After voting on the agenda items to be discussed, free speeches will be given. At 7 o’clock that night, the members of the Synod of Bishops took part in an ecumenical prayer vigil held in the Vatican, with the Pope also present.
listen more deeply
Listening, silence, and prayer: these are the three most clear principles of manners that are presented in the Senate. Cardinal Tobin explained: “This time more than ever, listening is present in a profound way, not only within the Church and ecclesial groups, but there is a real effort to make it everyone to hear the opportunity to follow the progress of the work of the conference and to deepen the relevant topics in different ways.”
Divinity enters into real life
Professor DeSimone said, “I think the methods used in these two conferences are truly innovative and a sign of hope. This method can allow the world learn a lot.” She also spoke about listening and silence, saying that “there is in itself the ability to be with a question. Not looking immediately for the final answer, but being present to the questions that will be asked, that will come out of that trauma. humanity tells us.”
Professor DeSimone was very pleased with the working format of each roundtable. She said, “This is a gathering of all of God’s people, and this way allows us to live what it means to be together.” In this way, theology also “takes on a great presence and weight because it enters directly, into the living structures of relationships.”
a new way of doing things
Bishop McKinley spoke about the experience of colleagues in his diocese and on the continent. He said: “The All Australia Council started this process a few years before this Synod, bringing together about 250 people, including bishops, religious and religious At that time experienced We also have many issues that we have to face and touch on people’s concerns directly.”
A less Eurocentric assembly
Regarding the issue of the Synod, Bishop McKinley said in response to a reporter’s question that he noticed a less Eurocentric perspective that included various “cultural dimensions” in the Synod’s dialogue, especially South America and Africa”.
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2024-10-12 11:43:00
