The Instrumentum Laboris

This morning, at the Holy See Press Office, the Instrumentum laboris (IL) for the Second Session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (2-27 October) was presented. 

Below are the speeches:

- His Eminent Card. Mario Grech, Secretary General of the General Secretariat of the Synod (only ITA);

- His Eminent Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.I., Archbishop of Luxembourg; General Rapporteur of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (only ENG);

- Rev. Msgr. Riccardo Battocchio, Special Secretary of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (only ITA);

- Father Giacomo Costa, S.I., Special Secretary of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (only ITA);

The Instrumentum laboris is available here. 

At the end of the press conference, the following were made public

• the list of the members of the five Working Groups for the study of the five perspectives to be studied theologically in view of the Second Session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (in Italian)
• the list of members of the ten Study Groups on relevant issues that emerged in the First Session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (in Italian)