MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS FOR EUROPE

VATICAN CITY, MAY 12, 2003 (VIS) - The Council of the General Secretariat for the Second Special Assembly for Europe of the Synod of Bishops held its third meeting on May 6 in the Vatican offices, according to a communique made public today.

Under the direction of the synod's secretary general, Cardinal Jan P. Schotte, C.I.C.M., two cardinals, six archbishops and four staff members of the secretariat participated in the meeting.

During the encounter, a report was presented on the General Secretariat's activity after the second meeting, which took place in November 2000. Afterward, there was an exchange of observations on the future post-synodal exhortation of this synod, which was held in October 1999 on the theme "Jesus Christ, alive in His Church, source of hope for Europe."

The fourth meeting will take place on May 14, 2004.

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