The Speech of His Beatitude Patriarch Mor Ignatius Youssef III Younan
at the meeting of the Roman Synod of Bishops headed by His Holiness Pope Francis, Vatican City
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Below you can find the Speech of His Beatitude Patriarch Mor Ignatius Youssef III Younan, Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, and Honorary President of the Middle East Council of Churches, at the meeting of the Roman Synod of Bishops headed by His Holiness Pope Francis, Thursday 17 October 2024 in the Vatican.
Holy Father, brothers and sisters in the Lord,
When I was a student in the late 60’s at Propaganda Fidei College, at Genicolom, we were urged to return to our homes and countries to evangelize, to be missionaries. I don't know how we understand the missions in the Church today, or according to what it was given in the “Instrumentum Laboris”.
Last year in the first session, we did convene to have conversation with the Holy Spirit to know our identity and how to be faithful to the Lord Jesus as one body and one spirit in Him. But now in this session, we have to know: Jesus doesn't belong to us only, Jesus is the Savior of the whole world. We have the duty, the mission to go and proclaim Him as a Savior, the Risen Lord, in countries where He wasn't known till now, or in countries where he has been betrayed by his own Christian community...
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