Synod: English text of First Session Synthesis

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The English language text of the XVI ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS - First Session (4-29 October 2023) Synthesis Report has now been published. The Report opens with:

A SYNODAL CHURCH IN MISSION

Dear Sisters, dear Brothers "For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body" (1 Cor 12:13). This is the experience, full of joy and gratitude, that we have had in this First Session of the Synodal Assembly held from 4 to 29 October 2023 on the theme "For a Synodal Church. Communion, Participation, Mission". Despite our diversity of backgrounds, languages and cultures, through the common grace of Baptism we have been able to live these days together with one heart and spirit. We have sought to sing like a choir, many voices as though expressing one soul. The Holy Spirit has gifted us with an experience of the harmony that He alone can generate; it is a gift and a witness in a world that is torn and divided.

To read on see: www.synod.va/content/dam/synod/assembly/synthesis/english/2023.10.28-ENG-Synthesis-Report.pdf

Read a summary of the Report here: www.indcatholicnews.com/news/48360