ISBN 9966-60-141-4; Year publication 2019: Pages 112 By Synod of Bishops Read more
It is important to clarify the relationship between the Instrumentum Laboris and the Final Document. The former is the comprehensive and synthetic frame of reference that emerged from two years of listening; the latter is the fruit of the discernment that followed and it draws together thematically the key discussion points that the Synod Fathers focused on with particular intensity and passion. So we recognise the diversity and the complementarity of these two texts. The present Document is offered to the Holy Father (cf. Francis, Episcopalis Communio, 18; Instruction, art. 35& 5) and also to the whole Church as a fruit of this Synod. Since the Synodal process is not yet over and the phase of implementation is still to come (cf. Episcopalis Communio, 19-21), the Final Document will be a roadmap for the next steps the Church is called to take.
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