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Among those invited to the Vatican s 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops is the Filipina theologian Dr. Estela Padilla, one of Pope Francis personal choices.
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'I feel honored to be part of the Asian voice to the synod,' Filipina theologian Estela Padilla tells Rappler after Pope Francis gave her voting rights at the Synod of Bishops in October
The list of participants in the 16th Ordinary General Assembly in Rome next October was announced today. Momoko Nishimura, a consecrated laywoman from Yokohama, is one of nine delegates who will chair the work. Bishop Stephen Chow of Hong Kong is one of Pope Francis’s picks. Unlike 2018, no official Catholic bishop will come from mainland China.