Summary of the contents of the Bulletin

[Updated: 24.10.2010]

nUMBER - DATE

01 - 08.10.2010

List of participants

02 - 08.10.2010

Presentation by the Secretary General
Synodal Working Calendar
General Information on the Synod
The Synod Chapel
Prayer for the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishop
Notices
- Press Conference
- Briefing
- Pool
- Bulletin Synodus Episcoporum
- Multimedia platform of Vatican Radio
- Live TV coverage
- Telephone newsbulletin
- Opening hours of the Press Office of the Holy See

03 - 10.10.2010

Solemn Inauguration of the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops
- Homily by the Holy Father

04 - 11.10.2010

Solemn Opening of the Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops
First General Congregation (Monday, 11 October 2010 - Morning)
- Greeting by the President-Delegate, H. Em. Card Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches (Vatican City)
- Report by the General Secretary of the Synod of Bishops, His Exc. Most Rev. Mons. Nikola Eterović (Vatican City)
- Report Before the Discussion by the General Reporter, H. B. Antonios Naguib, Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Arab Republic of Egypt)
Notices
- Press Conference
- Briefing
- Pool
- Bulletin Synodus Episcoporum
- Live TV coverage
- Telephone newsbulletin
- Opening hours of the Press Office of the Holy See

First General Congregation (Monday, 11 October 2010 - Morning) - Continuation
- Reflection by the Holy Father
Second General Congregation (Monday, 11 October 2010 - Afternoon)
- Reports on the Continents
- Interventions in the Hall (Beginning)
Notices
- Press Conference

06 - 12.10.2010

Third General Congregation (Tuesday, 12 October 2010 - Morning)
- Voting on the Commission for the Message
- Interventions in the Hall (Continuation)
Notices
- Press Conferences

07 - 12.10.2010

Fourth General Congregation (Tuesday, 12 October 2010 - Afternoon)
- Interventions in the Hall (Continuation)
- Auditio Auditorum (I)
Composition of the Commission for the Message
Notices
- “A Look at Christians in the Middle East”
- Press Conferences

08 - 13.10.2010

A Delegation of Synodal Fathers visits the Quirinal Palace
Working Groups - First Session (Wednesday, 13 October 2010 - Morning)
Fifth General Congregation (Wednesday, 13 October 2010 - Afternoon)
- List of Moderators and Relators of the Working Groups
- Interventions in the Hall (Continuation)
- Intervention of the Special Guest, Rabbi David Rosen, Advisor to the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, Director of the "Department for Interreligious Affairs of the American Jewish Committee and Heilbrunn Institute for International Interreligious Understanding" (Israel)
Errata Corrige
Notices
- Briefing

09 - 14.10.2010

Welcome speech by the President of the Italian Republic to a delegation of Synodal Fathers visiting the Quirinal Palace

10 - 14.10.2010

Sixth General Congregation (Thursday, 14 October 2010 - Morning)
- Interventions in the Hall (Continuation)
Composition of the Commission for Information
Notices
- Press Conferences

11 - 14.10.2010

Seventh General Congregation (Thursday, 14 October 2010 - Afternoon)
- Interventions in the Hall (Continuation)
- Auditio Auditorum (II)
Errata Corrige
Notices
- Gift from the Holy Father
- Briefing
- Press Conferences
Errata Corrige

12 - 14.10.2010

Seventh General Congregation (Thursday, 14 October 2010 - Afternoon) - Continuation
- Intervention of Special Guest, Mr Muhammad Al-Sammak, Political Councilor for the Mufti of the Republic (Lebanon)
- Intervention of Special Guest, Ayatollah Seyed Mostafa Mohaghegh Ahmadabadi, Professor at the Faculty of Law at “Shahid Beheshti” University; Member of the Iranian Academy of Sciences (Iran)

13 - 15.10.2010

Eighth General Congregation (Friday, 15 October 2010 - Morning)
- Auditio Delegatorum Fraternorum (I)
- Interventions in the Hall (Continuation)
- Auditio Auditorum (III)
- Intervention of H.B. Em. Card. Emmanuel III Delly, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq), President Delegate Ad Honorem
Errata Corrige

14 - 15.10.2010

Audiences with the Holy Father
Ninth General Congregation (Friday, 15 October 2010 - Afternoon)
- Interventions in the Hall (Continuation)
Second General Congregation (Monday, 11 October 2010 - Afternoon) - Continuation
Concert in honour of the Holy Father

15 - 16.10.2010

Tenth General Congregation (Saturday, 16 October 2010 - Morning)
- Presentation of the Scheme of the Message
- Discussion on the Scheme of the Message
- Suffragatio Pro Consilio (I)
Ninth General Congregation (Friday, 15 October 2010 - Afternoon) - Continuation
Errata Corrige

16 - 17.10.2010

Papal Chapel (Sunday, 17 October 2010)
- Homily by the Holy Father

17 - 18.10.2010

Eleventh General Congregation (Monday, 18 October 2010 - Morning)
- Relatio Post Disceptationem
Calendar

18 - 18.10.2010

Eleventh General Congregation (Monday, 18 October 2010 - Morning) - Continuation
- Auditio Auditorum (IV)
Notices

19 - 21.10.2010

Announcement of Consistory for the Creation of new Cardinals
Working Groups: Second, Third and Fourth Sessions
Twelfth General Congregation (Thursday, 21 October 2010 - Morning)
- Presentation of the Integrated List of Propositions
- Auditio Delegatorum Fraternorum (II)
Gift from the Holy Father
Delegation of Synodal Fathers in visit to the italian Embassy to the Holy See
Conference on the Middle East at the Campidoglio
Notices
- Briefing

20 - 21.10.2010

Speech of the italian Foreign Minister, Franco Frattini, on the occasion of the Conference at the Campidoglio

21 - 21.10.2010

Twelfth General Congregation (Thursday, 21 October 2010 - Morning) - Continuation
- Auditio Delegatorum Fraternorum (II)
Presentation of the Message to the People of God
Interventions “In Scriptis” Of Synod Fathers

22 - 22.10.2010

Working Groups: fifth and sixth sessions
Thirteenth General Congregation (Friday, 22 October 2010 - Afternoon)
- Presentation of the Message to the People of God
- Voting for the Council (II)
Convivium with the Holy Father
A "Media Citadel" in the Middle East

23 - 23.10.2010

Message to the People of God

24 - 23.10.2010

Fourteenth General Congregation (Saturday, 23 October 2010 - Morning)
- Presentation and voting of the Final List of Propositions
- Composition of the Special Council for the Middle East of the General Secretariate of the Synod of Bishops

25 - 23.10.2010

Final List of Propositions

26 - 24.10.2010

Convivium
Papal Chapel Presided over by the Holy Father for the Conclusion of the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops
- Homily by the Holy Father
Angelus Domini

27 - 24.10.2010

Final Report
Summary
Index

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