News scritte da Valdrini Patrick

The extraordinary and the ordinary synods convoked by Pope Francis in 2014 and 2015 realize the will of Paul VI, confirmed by the Second Vatican Council, to give to the Bishops a new way to help the Roman Pontiff in the exercise of his primatial function. The synod, an institution of participation in the exercise of the supreme authority of the Church, is, according to CIC 1983, a group of bishops who have been chosen from different regions of the world, but it does not represent the episcopacy. Francis affirmed his intention to value the connection among the Pastors of the Church, promoting the «synodal path» among Bishops. The infrequent interventions of the Pontiff let us know which is his conception of the institution, especially those offered during the Synod of Bishops of 2014, and the letter (published, and annexed to the article) sent to the General Secretary of the Synod, in the occasion of the episcopal consecration of the Undersecretary. The conception shown in the letter explains why the Pope convoked two Synods to deal with subjects about family.