Election of new members of the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod
His Beatitude Youssef ABSI elected member from the Eastern Catholic Churches
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Vatican, 23 October 2024
During the 15th General Congregation of the Synod of Bishops, the new members of the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod were elected.
Compared to the current Instruction, which regulates the work of the Assembly, the Holy Father made a change that brings the total number of members to 17, twelve of whom were elected in the afternoon from among the diocesan / eparchial bishops or equivalent who are members of this Assembly: 1 from the Eastern Catholic Churches, 1 from Oceania, 2 respectively from North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia.
To these will be added 4 members of papal appointment and, in due course, the head of the Dicastery of the Roman Curia competent for the theme of the next Synod.
According to the Apostolic Constitution Episcopalis Communio (n. 24, 1-3), the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat is responsible for the preparation and implementation of the Ordinary General Assembly. The Members of the Ordinary Council take office at the end of the Ordinary General Assembly that elected them; they are Members of the next Ordinary General Assembly and cease from their mandate at the dissolution of the latter. The Council, chaired by the Holy Father, is an integral part of the General Secretariat.
The new Ordinary Council will play a fundamental role both in the implementation of this synodal process on synodality and in the preparation of the next Synod.
In wishing the newly elected members good work, Cardinal Mario Grech thanked the outgoing members for their valuable collaboration in the realization of the current synodal process.
The elected members are:
FROM THE EASTERN CATHOLIC CHURCHES
His Beatitude Youssef ABSI, Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek Melkites, Head of the Synod of the Greek Melkite Catholic Church…
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