Yaoundé, Cameroon, Mar 19, 2009 / 18:18 pm
Following the conclusion of Mass in Yaounde on Thursday afternoon, Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops gave a short presentation of the working document of the forthcoming bishops’ Synod for Africa.
The Instrumentum laboris, or the working document of the African Synod of Bishops, provides guidelines for the discussions to be held by the Special Assembly of Bishops for Africa, which will take place at the Vatican from October 4 to 25. The document is comprised of four chapters and includes a preface which provides certain parameters for reading the text.