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SYNODUS EPISCOPORUM
BULLETIN

XIII ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS
7-28 OCTOBER 2012

The New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith


This Bulletin is only a working instrument for the press.
Translations are not official.


English Edition

Summary of the contents of the Bulletin

[Updated: 27.10.2012]

nUMBER - DATE

  • CONTENTS

 01 - 05.10.2012

List of participants

02 - 05.10.2012

Presentation by the Secretary General
Synodal Working Calendar
General Information on the Synod
The Synod Chapel
Notices
- Press conferences
- Briefing
- Pool
- Bulletin Synodus Episcoporum
- Vatican Radio multimedia platform
- Live Tv coverage
- Telephone news Bulletin
- Opening hours of the Holy See Press Office

03 - 07.10.2012

Solemn Inauguration of the XIII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
- Homily by the Holy Father

04 - 08.10.2012

Solemn Opening of the XIII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
First General Congregation (Monday, October 8 2012 - Morning)
- Meditation by the Holy Father
- Greeting by the President-Delegate, H. Em. Card. John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong (CHINA)
- Report by the General Secretary of the Synod of Bishops, H. Exc. Mons. Nikola Eterović, Tit. Archbishop of Cibale (VATICAN CITY)
- Report before the Discussion by the General Relator, H. Em. Card. Donald William Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington (USA)
Exhibition on the Occasion of the Synod of Bishops
Errata Corrige

05 - 08.10.2012

Second General Congregation (Monday, October 8 2012 - Afternoon)
- Reports on the Continents
- Interventions in the Hall (Beginning)
Errata Corrige

06 - 08.10.2012

First General Congregation (Monday, October 8 2012 - Morning) (Continuation)
- Meditation by the Holy Father

07 - 09.10.2012

Third General Congregation (Tuesday, October 9 2012 - Morning)
- Interventions in the Hall (Continuation)
- Auditio Delegatorum Fraternorum (I)
- Intervention of the Special Guest Dr. Lamar Vest, President of Theamerican Bible Society (United States of America)

08 - 09.10.2012

Fourth General Congregation (Tuesday, October 9 2012 - Afternoon)
- Voting on the Commission for the Message
- Interventions in the Hall (Continuation)
- Report on the Implementation of “Verbum Domini”
- Documentary-film: Vatican Council II fifty years later

09 - 10.10.2012

Working Groups First Session (Wednesday, October 10 2012 - Morning)
Fifth General Congregation (Wednesday, October 10 2012 - Afternoon)
- List of Moderators and Relators of the Working Groups
- Interventions in the Hall (Continuation)
- Intervention of H. G. Rowan Douglas Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and the Anglican Communion (Great Britain)
Notices
- Briefing

10 - 11.10.2012

Papal Chapel for the Opening of the Year of the Faith (Thursday, October 11 2012)
- Homily by the Holy Father
- Greeting by the Ecumenical Patriarch
Torchlight Procession and Prayer : "The Beautiful Church of the Council"

11 - 11.10.2012

Sixth General Congregation (Thursday, October 11 2012 - Afternoon)
- Voting on the Commission for the Message (II)
- Interventions in the Hall (Continuation)
- Auditio Delegatorum Fraternorum (II)

12 - 12.10.2012

Seventh General Congregation (Friday, October 10 2012 - Morning)
- Interventions in the Hall (Continuation)

13 - 12.10.2012

Audiences and Lunch with the Holy Father
Eighth General Congregation (Friday, October 12 2012 - Afternoon)
- Intervention of the Special Guest, Prof. Werner Arber, Professor of Microbiology in the Biozentrum, University of Basel, President of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (Switzerland)
Composition of the Commission for the Message
Notices
- Opening hours of the Holy See Press Office

14 - 13.10.2012

Ninth General Congregation (Saturday, October 13 2012 - Morning)
- Interventions in the Hall (Continuation)
- Auditio Delegatorum Fraternorum (III)
Composition of the Commission for Information
Errata Corrige

15 - 13.10.2012

Tenth General Congregation (Saturday, October 13 2012 - Afternoon)
- Interventions in the Hall (Continuation)
Volumes on the XI and XII General Ordinary Synods of the Bishops
Enchiridion of the New Evangelization
Notices
- Briefing

16 - 15.10.2012

Eleventh General Congregation (Monday, October 15, 2012 - Morning)
- Interventions in the Hall (Continuation)
Film: Bells of Europe
Exhibition on the Occasion of the Synod of Bishops
Notices
- Press Conference
Errata Corrige

17 - 15.10.2012

Twelfth General Congregation (Monday, October 15 2012 - Afternoon)
- Interventions in the Hall (Continuation)
Volume on the X General Ordinary Synod of the Bishops
Day of Exchanges and Dialogue on New Evangelization

18 - 16.10.2012

Thirteenth General Congregation (Tuesday, October 16 2012 - Morning)
- Message from His Exc. Msgr. Lucas Ly Jingfeng, Bishop of Fengxiang [Shaanxi] (China)
- Interventions in the Hall (Continuation)
- Auditio Auditorum (I)

19 - 16.10.2012

Fourteenth General Congregation (Tuesday, October 16 2012 - Afternoon)
- Intervention of Cardinal Secretary of State: Announcement of Delegation in Syria
- Interventions in the Hall (Continuation)
- Auditio Delegatorum Fraternorum (IV)
- Intervention of the Special Guest, Bro. Alois, Prior of the Ecumenical Community of Taizé (France)
Concert: “Good News”

20 - 17.10.2012

Fifteenth General Congregation (Wednesday, October 17 2012 - Morning)
- Interventions in the Hall (Continuation)
- Auditio Auditorum (II)
Audiences
Notices
- Press Conference
- Briefing
Errata Corrige

21 - 17.10.2012

Sixteenth General Congregation (Wednesday, October 17 2012 - Afternoon)
- Relatio Post Disceptationem
- Auditio Auditorum (III)
Film: “Jerzy Popielusko: Messenger of the Truth”

22 - 18.10.2012

Interventions “In Scriptis” of Synod Fathers

23 - 19.10.2012

Small Groups: Second and Third Session
Seventeenth General Congregation (Friday, October 19 2012 - Morning)
- Reports by the Working Groups
- Auditio Delegatorum Fraternorum (V)
- Auditio Auditorum (IV)

24 - 19.10.2012

Seventeenth General Congregation (Friday, October 19 2012 - Morning) (Continuation)
- Reports of the Working Groups Continuation

25 - 20.10.2012

Small Groups: Fourth Session
Eighteenth General Congregation (Saturday, October 20 2012 - Morning)
- Voting for the Council (I)
- Presentation of the Draft of the Message
- Discussion on the Message

26 - 23.10.2012

Notices
- Briefing
- Press Conferences

27 - 23.10.2012

Nineteenth General Congregation (Tuesday, October 23 2012 - Morning)
- Intervention of the Cardinal Secretary of State: Announcement of Delegation in Syria (II)
- Presentation of the Final List of Propositions
- Voting for the Council (II)
- Reply to the Message from His Exc. Msgr. Lucas Ly Jingfeng, Bishop of Fengxiang [Shaanxi] (China)
Errata Corrige

28 - 24.10.2012

Small Groups: Fifth Session
Interventions “In Scriptis” of Synodal Fathers
Interventions “In Scriptis” of Fraternal Delegates
Film: “Art and Faith. Via Pulchritudinis”
Encounter: “Lay Witnesses, Universal Vocation to Holiness. New Evangelization”
Notices
- Briefing
Errata Corrige

29 - 26.10.2012

Small Groups: Sixth, seventh and eighth Sessions
Twentieth General Congregation (Friday, October 26 2012 - Morning)
- Presentation and voting on the Message for the People of God by the Synod of Bishops
- Auditio Delegatorum Fraternorum (VI)
- Auditio Auditorum (V)
Errata Corrige

30 - 26.10.2012

Message

31 - 26.10.2012

Twentieth General Congregation (Friday, October 26 2012 - Morning) (Continuation)
- Auditio Delegatorum Fraternorum (VI) (Continuation)
Twenty-first General Congregation (Friday, October 26 2012 - Afternoon)
- Presentation of the Final List of Propositions
- Composition of XIII Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops

32 - 27.10.2012

Twenty-second General Congregation (Saturday, October 27 2012 Morning)
- Presentation of the Final List of Propositions Continuation
- Final Salutation by the President Delegate
- Intervention by the Holy Father
- Voting for the Final List of Propositions
- Auditio Auditorum (VI)
“In Scriptis” Interventions by Auditors

33 - 27.10.2012

Final List of Propositions

34 - 28.10.2012

Papal Chapel presided over by the Holy Father for the Conclusion of the XIII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
- Holy Father’s Homily
Angelus Domini

35 - 28.10.2012

- Final Report
- Summary
- Index

 

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