About 50 experts from all over the world gathered in Frascati, on the outskirts of Rome, to discuss the reports on the journey of the brotherhoods of the local Churches. On 2 October all the participants went to the Vatican to meet the Pope and present the documents of the continental stage to the Pope.
(Vatican News Network)About 50 experts from all over the world met at the Giovanni XXIII Center in Frascati to listen, to dialogue, starting from the report of the first phase of the Synod, the phase of consultation with the People of God and to distinguish themselves. During the 12-day meeting, the experts wrote the continental phase document on this phase. After the meeting, Pope Francis received all the participants privately in the Vatican on October 2 and the meeting took place in an atmosphere of brotherly love.
During the 12-day meeting, the experts drafted a document for the second phase of the 2021-2023 scholarship process, the General Secretariat of the Synod of Churches said in a statement. The discussion focused on the 112 reports of the Bishops’ Conferences of the world, on the reports of the Eastern Catholic Church, on religious societies, on the associations and movements of the Church, on the ministries of the Holy See, as well as on the contributions of individuals to the General Secretariat of the Synod of Churches. The local church has responded like never before at this stage.
The text of the Document of the Continental Phase, drawn up in both Italian and English, was submitted to the Holy Father after the approval of the XV Permanent Commission of the Synod of Bishops. The document will be published in mid-October and sent to all bishops at the same time as feedback to the People of God.
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