Vatican City, 16 May 2014 (VIS) – The
Ordinary Council of the Synod of Bishops met on 13 and 14 May to
examine the first draft of the “Instrumentum laboris” ahead of
the Third Extraordinary General Asembly, to be held in October on the
theme: “The Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of
Evangelisation”. The Pope presided at the Council meeting on
Thursday 13 May.
The secretary general, Cardinal Lorenzo
Baldisseri, greeted the Holy Father and thanked him for his letter of
14 April, in which he elevated the under-secretary, Msgr. Fabio
Fabene, to the rank of bishop, with the aim of further reinforcing
the affective and effective collegiality that is a constitutive part
of the Synod of Bishops.
The draft “Instrumentum laboris”
was studied and the suggestions that emerged during the discussions
were incorporated. In addition, a new methodology was presented,
which will be followed during the Extraordinary General Assembly.
The meetings of these two days were
attended by the members of the Ordinary Council – including the
Relator General, Cardinal Peter Erdo, and the special secretary,
Bishop Bruno Forte – and Cardinals Andre Vingt-Trois, archbishop of
Paris, and Raymundo Damasceno Assis, archbishop of Aparecida and
president of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, who had
been invited to participate in their roles as presidents delegate,
along with Cardinal Antonio Tagle, at the Third Extraordinary General
Assembly.
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