Thursday, June 20, 2002

MEETING OF ORDINARY COUNCIL OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS


VATICAN CITY, JUN 20, 2002 (VIS) - Made public today was a communique on the 3rd meeting of the tenth ordinary council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops which took place in Rome on June 13 and 14.

In addition to the secretary general of the Synod, Cardinal Jan P. Schotte, C.I.C.M., six cardinals, four archbishops and four members of the general secretariat took part in the meeting.

During the work sessions, a report on the activity of the general secretariat after the second meeting of the council was presented and the future apostolic exhortation of the tenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which was held in October of 2001, was debated.

Furthermore, continues the communique, the results of a general study on the subject of the next Ordinary General Synod were examined. Proposals from the episcopal conferences, Roman Curia and all those who have the right to express an opinion, have made the selection of designated topics possible, which were presented to the Pope for a final decision.

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