The General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which will convene in October, will for the first time include facilitators, the Vatican newspaper reported.
Pope Francis has decided to amend the composition of the Synodal Assembly to include 70 non-bishop members; priests, deacons, consecrated men and women, and lay women and men, with a right to vote in the upcoming General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in October.
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Pope Francis delivered his Angelus address on Sept. 18, 2022. / Vatican Media.Vatican City, Oct 16, 2022 / 05:30 am (CNA).Pope Francis announced on Sunday that the Synod on Synodality will be extended to 2024.Speaking in his Angelus address on Oct. 16, the pope shared his decision to divide the Synod of Bishops into two sessions that will meet in Rome in October 2023 and October 2024.Pope Francis explained that he made the decision "in order to have a more relaxed period of discernment.""The fruits of the synodal process under way are many, but so that they might come to full maturity, it is necessary not to be in a rush," Francis said."I trust that this decision will promote the understanding of synodality as a constitutive dimension of the Church, and help everyone to live it as the journey of brothers and sisters who proclaim the joy of the Gospel," he said.The two sessions of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops will take place fro