The cardinal explained that the 2023 synod of bishops will be different from previous meetings, because it will involve the whole Church through a process of “listening and discernment.”
The 2023 synod will have to go through diocesan, national, and continental phases before culminating in the universal Church phase in Rome in October 2023.
Cardinal Kovithavanij said Thailand’s bishops will have to undergo a “period of discernment” on the proposition it will receive from dioceses before coming up with a document that will be submitted to the Vatican.
The Vatican released Sept. 7 a preparatory document and handbook for the synod on synodality, to be reviewed by all Catholic dioceses over the next six months.
The 22-page preparatory document, “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission”, is accompanied by a 42-page vademecum for the diocesan phase.
The handbook includes prayers, a description of synodality, the objectives of the synodal process, and the main questions to which the local Catholic communities are asked to give feedback.
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