![]() (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Vatican journalists were greeted this. Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan, Italy, talks with German Cardinal Walter Kasper after an event marking the 50th anniversary of the Synod of Bishops in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Oct. They were a delightful break from the gloom of some of the Bishop's stories. Originally posted in The Catholic World Report The circuli minori release their reports, and eyes turn toward the synod’s final document. They told some remarkable stories of challenges faced and overcome, including of marriages which hit "rock bottom" before being rescued. In addition to the Bishop's interventions on these first four days we also heard from several married couples - one each morning and afternoon - giving their own witness of living and loving and bringing up their children in today's world. My greatest disappointment with this part of the Synod was that there was a lot of focus on the problems, and not much discussion of the good work being done and the exemplary lives of faithful families everywhere. With some regional differences, most Bishops were saying very similar things about the challenges facing families in their dioceses. Vatican City, 2 October 2015 (VIS) This morning in the Holy See Press Office Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the Synod of Bishops, gave a presentation of the phases and methods of the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on The vocation and mission of the family in the Church and the contemporary world, which will commence on Sunday 4 October. Translations were accessed via an earpiece at each seat and available in Italian (the official language of the Synod), Spanish, French and English. Now that the work of the small language groups (circuli minori) is finished. This was facilitated by the amazing women who provided simultaneous translation of everything that was said. Although Bishop Schneider is not a Synod Father, and the President of the. The first four days of the Synod involved listening to the interventions of the 180+ Bishops who were present. ![]() It remains to be seen what impact it has for our work in the future, but at least the Synod Fathers did not leave Rome without hearing of the Billings Ovulation Method. ![]() Not much of what I wrote actually made it into the Relatio Synodi which was a compilation of the deliberations of all ten discussion groups, but I did feel that what I had said was heard. Let alone actually being in a small discussion group with Cardinals and Bishops who asked me to draft a paragraph on natural family planning for the final document. He asked me to pray for him, as he always does to anyone he speaks to.Īttending the Synod was an extraordinary experience which took me some time to process -just being in the same room with people whose names I had known for years but never expected to meet. When I had the honour of meeting His Holiness, Pope Francis, I told him that I brought "greetings of loyalty and love" from all of you and asked him to pray for our work. As a Director of WOOMB International, I was proud and delighted to represent Billings Ovulation Method teachers from around the world at the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops in Rome last month. Today, Friday 18 October 2019, at 13.
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