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Eighth Ordinary General Assembly - The Formation of Priests in Circumstances of the Present Day (30 September-28 October 1990)

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Eighth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops

In Session: 30 September - 28 October 1990

Synod Fathers: 238

Topic: “The Formation of Priests in Circumstances of the Present Day”

Taking into consideration the work of the Second Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (1971) which gave a theological treatment to the priesthood and its implications in the priestly ministry, this Synod was more pastoral in tone, centering upon priestly formation and the “person” of the priest himself, both religious and diocesan, before and after ordination. Notable in the sessions was the general accord of the Synod Fathers in their discussion and treatment of the subject. At the Synod’s conclusion the Synod Fathers offered 41 propositions to the Holy Father which were used, along with other information resulting from the Synod process, in the preparation of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation “Pastores dabo vobis” of 25 March 1992.
On 25 October, during the 28th Congregation, His Excellency Most Rev. Emilio Eid, Auxiliary Bishop of Sarepta of the Maronites and Vice-President of the Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canons for the Eastern Churches gave a presentation on the revised Code and distributed a copy to the Synod Fathers and other participants.

 

 

President-Delegates

S.Em.R. il Sig. Card. Simon Ignatius Pimenta, Arcivescovo di Bombay (India)

S.Em.R. il Sig. Card. Christian Wiyghan Tumi, Arcivescovo di Garoua (Camerun)

S.Em.R. il Sig. Card. Antonio Innocenti, Prefetto della Congregazione per il Clero (Vaticano)

General Secretary

S.E.R. Mons. Jan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M., Arcivescovo tit. di Silli (Vaticano)

General Rapporteur

S.Em.R. il Sig. Card. Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P., Arcivescovo di São Salvador da Bahia (Brasile)

Special Secretary

S.E.R. Mons. Henryk Musziński, Vescovo di Włoclawek (Polonia)

 

Documents of the Eighth Ordinary General Assembly 

 

 

 

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  • CONCLUSIONE DEL SINODO DEI VESCOVI - OMELIA DI GIOVANNI PAOLO II  - 28 ottobre 1990
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  • DISCORSO DI GIOVANNI PAOLO II  IN OCCASIONE DELL’VIII ASSEMBLEA GENERALE ORDINARIA  DEL SINODO DEI VESCOVI -  27 ottobre 1990