Synod of Bishops
The Synod of Bishops was established by St Paul VI on 15th September 1965 with the Motu Proprio Apostolica Sollicitudo. Its formation took place in the context of the Second Vatican Council which, with the Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium (21st November 1964), had largely concentrated on the doctrine of the episcopate, urging greater involvement of the Bishops cum et sub Petro in matters that concern the universal Church.
The Council...
Synod for the Amazon
On October 15, 2017, Pope Francis convened a Special Synodal Assembly on the Pan-Amazon, indicating that the main objective is “to find new ways for the evangelization of that portion of the People of God, especially the indigenous, often forgotten and without a perspective of a good future, also for the cause of the crisis of the Amazonian forest, lung of fundamental importance for our planet”.
The Amazon Synod is a great ecclesial, civic and ecological project that seeks to overcome the...
Pre-Synodal Council
The Council is made up of 18 members, appointed on 8 March 2018 directly by the Holy Father.
In addition to the Secretary General and the Undersecretary the members are:
1. Card. Cláudio HUMMES, O.F.M., Archbishop emeritus of San Pablo (Brazil), President of the Panamazzonica Ecclesial Network.
2. Card. Peter Kodwo Appiah TURKSON, prefect of the Dicastery for integral human development.
3. Card. Carlos AGUIAR RETES, Archbishop of Mexico City (Mexico).
4. Card. Pedro...