Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost OSA, now Pope Leo XIV, participated as Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops in the two sessions of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops.
He also participated as a speaker in the Pastoral Theological Forum on The Mutual Relationship: Local Church and Universal Church organised on 16 October 2024 on the occasion of the XVI Assembly. The video of the Forum is available here.
Of the 10 study groups set up by Pope Francis on issues that emerged during the First Session of the XVI Assembly, he is a member of Group No. 6 on The revision, in a synodal and missionary perspective, of the documents governing relations between Bishops, Consecrated Life, Ecclesial Aggregations, and Group No. 7 on Some aspects of the figure and ministry of the Bishop in a synodal missionary perspective.
