Second Synodal Assembly
Secretary General Michele Capasso took part in the work of the Second Synodal Assembly, composed of 1,008 people - 7 cardinals, 168 bishops, 252 priests, 34 religious, 17 deacons and 530 lay people, including 277 women and 253 men - whose work was led by Monsignor Erio Castellucci, President of the National Committee of the Synodal Way.
At the end of the work, it was decided to reformulate the final document and vote on it on 25 October. The text will go to the IEC General Assembly, which will not be held in May but in November.
"It does us good this dynamism, it is the sign of a living Church, said the president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi at the end of the work in the Paul VI Hall, ‘let us continue to walk, how good it does us good to walk together. It is perhaps since the time of Paul VI that the assembly of bishops has been held in May, a fixed appointment", which will however be moved to the autumn. Then in the subsequent press briefing he explained that "it seemed necessary to us, considering the questions that have emerged, to take more time to arrive at decisions". The point of arrival is clear, but "a congruous time of maturation is needed", also because "there is great expectation to respond to the expectations", "there is much spirit and intensity of participation". And the permanent council of the Italian Bishops' Conference, by “unanimously” moving the assembly to May, has followed the “awareness that it is necessary to walk together with the people of God”.
