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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has issued the National Synthesis of the People of God in the United States of America. The synthesis marks the completion of the Diocesan Phase of the 2021-2023 Synod: For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission. Last October, Pope Francis invited the global Catholic Church to reflect on walking together and listening to one another. This "Synod on Synodality" is a two-year process that began with local dioceses and parishes engaging in dialogue through listening sessions. Each diocese then prepared a report of what was heard at these sessions. In turn, those local reports were then sent to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and a national summary was created and sent to the Holy See on August 29, 2022.Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, chairman of the USCCB s, Committee on Doctrine, who shepherded the preparation of the synthesis, wrote, "With immense gratitude, I have the di