MEETING OF GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF SYNOD OF BISHOPS

VATICAN CITY, FEB 14, 2002 (VIS) - The ordinary council of the general secretariat of the Synod of Bishops held its second meeting in the Vatican from February 6 to 8. The meeting, according to a communique made public today, was presided by Cardinal Jan P. Schotte C.I.C.M., secretary general of the Synod of Bishops.

Seven cardinals, six archbishops and four members of the general secretariat of the synod took part in the work. They studied the "Propositiones" of the Tenth Ordinary General Assembly, which was held last month in the Vatican, with the aim of offering suggestions to the Holy Father for the Post-synodal Exhortation on "the Bishop: Servant of the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the Hope of the World," which was the theme of the assembly.

Dates were also fixed for the next two council meetings. The first will be held on June 13 and 14, 2002, and the second from November 5 to 7, 2002.

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