MEETING OF GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF SYNOD FOR AMERICA

VATICAN CITY, JUN 27, 2001 (VIS) - A communique made public today states that, in Rome on June 20 and 21, the council of the general secretariat of the Special Assembly for America of the Synod of Bishops held its sixth meeting under the presidency of Cardinal Jan P. Schotte C.I.C.M., secretary general.

During the meeting - in which two cardinals, seven archbishops, two bishops and four members of the general secretariat took part - there was an exchange of information on the responses from episcopal conferences and dicasteries of the Roman Curia regarding implementation of the 1999 Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, "Ecclesia in America."

Some of those present spoke on initiatives in particular churches for the implementation of the exhortation; initiatives which, according to the communique, "have contributed to a consolidation of ecclesial convictions concerning both the American identity and guidelines for pastoral activity in the field of vocations, laity, youth, the mission, migration and in the face of such phenomena as globalization and sects."
The next meeting is due to take place on October 2 and 3, 2002.

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