Synod Report – English Version
XVI ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS
First Session
(4-29 October 2023)
Synthesis Report
A SYNODAL CHURCH IN MISSION
October 28th 2023
Link to full report:
XVI ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS
First Session
(4-29 October 2023)
Synthesis Report
A SYNODAL CHURCH IN MISSION
October 28th 2023
Link to full report:
“For God had made two huge lights, the sun and moon, to shine down upon the earth
— the larger one, the sun, to preside over the day and the smaller one, the moon, to preside through the night;” Gen 1:16
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