During the tour, the Vatican’s cricket team also visited Windsor Castle, Westminster Abbey and the Parliament Photo: Vatican Media

Names of theologians preparing Instrument of Work for Synod 2024 and details about it revealed

The group of theologians (women and men, bishops, priests, consecrated men and women, and lay people) from different continents worked on the 107 reports from the Bishops’ Conferences and from the Eastern Catholic Churches, the contribution of the USG-UISG (the International Union of Major Superiors and the International Union of Superiors General, respectively), and the more than 175 submissions, from international realities, university faculties, associations of the faithful or of individual communities and persons

200 representatives of ecclesial movements and communities from all over the world in Rome for annual meeting

This year’s Meeting with the Moderators of international associations aims to highlight some examples of synodal structures and practices already implemented in associations and movements that can be an example and stimulus for the whole Church, such as sharing experiences of faith within small groups or small communities, community discernment, co-responsibility of lay and ordained ministers in assuming roles of governance