Vatican City, Jun 12, 2008 / 14:30 pm
Today the secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, presented the “Instrumentum laboris” (working document) to be used by prelates at the Twelfth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which will be held October 5 – 26. The document focuses on the ‘Word of God’ and the life it brings to the Church.
Archbishop Eterovic explained that the assembly, with the theme, "The Word of God in the Life and the Mission of the Church,” will focus on two main points. “The first is the previous Synod on the Eucharist, and the second is the Pauline Year which will begin on June 28."
The Pauline year will undoubtedly “arouse a renewed missionary drive in the Church, for the benefit of all humanity. The center of such dynamism remains the Sunday celebration of the Eucharist," he said.
The working document introduced by Archbishop Eterovic is divided into three parts: (1) The Mystery of God Who Speaks to Us; (2) The Word of God in the Life of the Church; (3) The Word of God in the Mission of the Church.