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Nomina del Pro-Segretario Generale del Sinodo dei Vescovi
“La comunione episcopale, con Pietro e sotto Pietro, si manifesta in modo peculiare nel Sinodo dei vescovi, che, istituito da Paolo VI il 15 settembre 1965, costituisce una delle più preziose eredità del Concilio Vaticano II”: così, nell'incipit della Costituzione apostolica Episcopalis communio del 15 settembre 2018, Papa Francesco rilancia l'importanza dell'istituzione voluta da Montini – definita dallo stesso Bergoglio “espressione eloquente della sinodalità come 'dimensione costitutiva...
1967 First Ordinary General Assembly. Preservation and strengthening of the Catholic faith, its integrity, its force, its development, its doctrinal and historical coherence
First Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
In Session: 29 September - 29 October 1967
Synod Fathers: 197
Topic: “The Preservation and Strengthening of the Catholic Faith, its Integrity, its Force, its Development, its Doctrinal and Historical Coherence”
Pope Paul VI stated the goals for this First General Assembly: “... the preservation and the strengthening of the Catholic faith, its integrity, its force, its development, its doctrinal and historical coherence”. One result...
Preparatory Document from the Synod for the Amazon
Preparatory Document
Amazonia: New Paths for the Church and for an Integral Ecology
Preamble
In accordance with the proclamation by Pope Francis on October 15, 2017, the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, called to reflect on the theme: New Paths for the Church and for an Integral Ecology, will take place in October 2019. New paths for evangelization must be designed for and with the People of God who live in this region:...
Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri - Secretary General
Lorenzo Baldisseri was born in San Pietro in Campo, Barga, Italy, on 29 September 1940. The youngest of seven children, he entered the seminary in Pisa, where in addition to theology and philosophy he also studied piano. He was ordained a priest on 29 June 1963. He holds a licence in dogmatic theology and a doctorate in canon law, with a thesis entitled: “The Nunciature in Tuscany”. In 1971 he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy where he graduated two years later. He also studied at...