Official logo for the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops. Photo: CNS Staff reporter
The bishops of Ireland welcomed Tuesday the publication of the National Synthesis of the Synodal Process on www.synod.ie, while inviting “the whole people of God in this country to study its findings carefully and prayerfully”.
The National Synthesis has been forwarded to Rome as part of the worldwide synodal process launched by Pope Francis in October 2021 and which will culminate in the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome in 2023.
Speaking during a Mass for the Knock Novena, during which the National Synthesis was published, Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh Michael Router expressed thanks to the “thousands of people” who took part nationwide in the consultation process.
“I pray that this relaunching of the synodal way will help people to realise that we are all part of a community of sinners walking together on the road, supporting and helping each other as we strive to live as Jesus Christ wants us to,” Dr Router said.
Read The Irish Catholic’s full length feature on the consultation process – part of the synodal pathway here.
