COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN SYNOD HOLDS SECOND MEETING

VATICAN CITY, DEC 3, 2000 (VIS) - The Council of the General Secretariat for the Second Special Assembly for Europe of the Synod of Bishops met in the Vatican from November 21 to 23 under the presidency of Cardinal Jan P. Schotte, C.I.C.M., secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, according to a communique released today.

Participants included 3 cardinals, 6 archbishops and 1 bishop representing the Czech Republic, Italy, Austria, Greece, Lithuania, Poland, Croatia, France, Great Britain and Ukraine. Four members of the synod's staff also took part in the meeting.

There was an exchange of information on the repercussions in the various local churches from the synod which was held last year on the theme "Jesus Christ, Living in His Church, Source of Hope for Europe." The communique states that "discussions, in both plenary session and two language groups, focussed on the rough draft of a study text for the post-synodal document and suggestions were offered as to how to better the language, contents, organization and unified editing, according to a coherent biblical and pastoral inspiration."

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