Rome, Italy, Oct 17, 2007 / 09:13 am
The Holy See Press Office released a statement on the twelfth meeting of the special Council for America of the general secretariat of the Synod of Bishops, which was held October 9 and 10 and focused on the main threats that hang over the continent.
Presided over by Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, general secretary of the Synod of Bishops, the meeting was attended by four cardinals and eight archbishops and bishops.
The prelates reflected on the social and ecclesial situation in the different countries of the American continent, using John Paul II’s Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia in America as a guidepost.
According to a press release from the Synod, “immigration represents one of the areas of greatest concern,” with “the situation of immigrants deported back to their native countries especially delicate.”