POST-SYNODAL COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR OCEANIA AND ASIA

VATICAN CITY, NOV 29, 2001 (VIS) - The General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops today published two reports on meetings held recently in Rome by the post-synodal councils of the Special Assembly for Oceania and the Special Assembly for Asia.

The fifth meeting of the post-synodal council of Oceania was held on November 23, the day after the promulgation of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Ecclesia in Oceania" by Pope John Paul II in the Vatican's Clementine Hall. The Pope that day signed the document and transmitted it via e-mail to all the bishops of Oceania. The communique today added that those present at the meeting of the post-synodal council primarily discussed the distribution and application of the just-published apostolic exhortation.
On November 20-21 in the offices of the Secretariat General, the fifth meeting of the post-synodal council of Asia was held, in the presence of three cardinals, three archbishops, three bishops and four staff members. The agenda included discussion on a questionnaire sent out regarding the distribution and application of "Ecclesia in Asia" and a synthesis of the answers received so far in the secretariat. It was decided that the Synod of Bishops would directly contact religious congregations and episcopal conferences concerning the distribution and application of this post-synodal apostolic exhortation.

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