![]() Archbishop Charles Chaput, O.F.M., Cap.Archbishop Joseph Edward Kurtz, the President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, was elected rapporteur of the Circulus Anglicus ‘A’ (or, English small group A).Here are some highlights of the elections: ![]() As Edward Pentin reported today, the small groups elected their moderators and rapporteurs or relators on Wednesday. There are one German, two Spanish, three Italian, three French, and four English small groups. Unlike last year’s Synod, the assembly this month consists mostly of the work of the circuli minores (or, small groups). And, the Vatican Information Service has published a summary of yesterday’s testimonies here. A Vatican television interview with one of the married couples participating in the synodal assembly is available for viewing here. But, select lay auditors or experts are asked to deliver testimonies. Inside the synodal aula, lay and non-voting members are not permitted to offer interventions. Between the evening hours of 18:00-19:00, there will be ‘ interventi liberi ’ (or, ‘free interventions’) on the themes of the aforementioned Instrumentum Laboris. In accordance with the particular law of the Synod, lay and non-voting members of the assembly are not permitted to speak from the floor of the aula. During the sixth and seventh of them, there will be further interventions from the Synod fathers. Before the Synod concludes on Sunday, October 25, there will have been eighteen such plenary sessions. Saturday continues with the sixth and seventh general congregations. John Paul II, most notably his Exhortation Familiaris Consortio Pope Benedict XVI’s third encyclical letter Caritas in Veritate and catecheses on the family from Pope Francis, among other texts. ![]() The second chapter, scheduled for discussion in four small group sessions and two more general congregations next week, synthesizes teachings from the New Testament the documents of the Second Vatican Council, especially Lumen Gentium and Gaudium et Spes texts of Pope St. That second part on “The Discernment of the Family Vocation” consists of three chapters: (1) ‘The Family and Divine Pedagogy,’ (2) ‘The Family and Church Life,’ and (3) ‘The Family and the Path Leading to its Fullness.’ Those chapters cover a range of topics, including: ‘Natural Marriage and the Fullness of the Sacrament,’ ‘Indissolubility: Gift and Task,’ ‘The Family in the Church’s Documents,’ ‘The Indissolubility of Marriage and the Joy of Sharing Life Together,’ ‘The Truth and Beauty of the Family towards Broken and Fragile Families,’ and ‘Mercy and Revealed Truth.’ His presentation tomorrow will highlight the themes of the second part of the Instrumentum Laboris to be discussed next week. At the start of this week, he presented this synthesis of the Church’s Gospel of the Family. The afternoon will continue with a report from Rapporteur General Cardinal Péter Erdő of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary, the Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina in Rome. That commission is tasked with preparing the final synodal report. ![]() Additionally, there will be the first meeting of the Commissione per l'Elaborazione della Relazione finale. In the morning session, there will be the fourth general congregation, consisting of relazione (or, reports) from the circuli minores(or, small groups). Friday morning, the synodal assembly will reconvene in the hall of the blessed Pope Paul VI in the Vatican. ![]()
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