Chief spokesman Paolo Ruffini told reporters last week that the drafters are assisted by collaborators called ‘sherpas’ and added that ‘it makes no sense to g.
The document reflects the will to listen to issues even contentious ones raised at the local level, yet balances that with the awareness that no doctrinal.
The methodology, which shaped the working document released earlier this week, aims at fostering the inclusion of dissenting opinions and the avoidance of pol.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) Describing how the October assembly of the Synod of Bishops would work, Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, told his fellow U.S. bishops, Some things you just have to start doing in order to learn how it can be done, and how it can be done better.
The bishop, a papally-appointed member of the synod s preparatory committee, was letting the bishops know that the current synod process, which has been innovative since it began with local listening sessions around
The synod’s working document, released at the Vatican on June 20, highlights three priorities for building a synodal church: communion, mission and participation.