Synthesis Report from First Session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops to the People of God
The Synthesis Report is in a pdf file format consisting of: A Synodal Church in Mission
INTRODUCTION PART 1 – THE FACE OF THE SYNODAL CHURCH 1. Synodality: Experience and Understanding 2. Gathered and Sent by the Trinity 3. Entering the Community of Faith: Christian Initiation 4. People in Poverty, Protagonists of the Church’s Journey 5. A Church “out of every tribe, tongue, people and nation” 6. The Eastern Churches and Latin Church Traditions 7. On the Road Towards Christian Unity PART 2- ALL DISCIPLES, ALL MISSIONARIES 8. Church is Mission 9. Women in the Life and Mission of the Church 10. Consecrated Life and Lay Associations and Movements: a Charismatic Sign 11. Deacons and Priests in a Synodal Church 12. The Bishop in Ecclesial Communion 13. The Bishop of Rome in the College of Bishops PART 3 – WEAVING BONDS, BUILDING COMMUNITIES 14. A Synodal Approach to Formation 15. Ecclesial Discernment and Open Questions 16. Towards a Listening and Accompanying Church 17. Mission in the Digital Environment 18. Structures for Participation 19. Groupings of Churches within the Communion of the Whole Church 20. The Synod of Bishops and Ecclesial Assemblies PROCEEDING ALONG THE JOURNEY
Please click the link below to access the Synthesis Report online: www.synod.va/content/dam/synod/assembly/synthesis/english/2023.10.28-ENG-Synthesis-Report.pdf