Pastors and Lay Faithful Called to Walk Together

International Conference for Bishops and Referents of Episcopal Commissions for the Laity (New Synod Hall, 16-18 February 2023)

The conference is structured into three days, the first of which is dedicated to the nature and foundation of the co-responsibility of the laity as well as the areas and ways of exercising this co-responsibility. The second day focuses on formation, which is indispensable for achieving effective cooperation of the laity. Emphasis is also placed on the role of pastors - bishops and clerics - who are required to have an equally adequate formation in order to foster a service implemented together, as a Church, without any sectorial aspects, although each with its own specific nature. The third day is mainly dedicated to the audience that the Holy Father has granted to the participants in the Synod's New Hall, to listen to the participants and address his message and blessing to all.

 

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A meeting with the Holy Father closes the work of the Conference "Pastors and laity called to walk together"

      This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in Audience, in the New Synod Hall at the Vatican, the participants in the International Conference for the Presidents and Referents ...

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Conclusion of the second day of the Conference, participants’ presentations and testimonies

  On the second day of the Conference "Pastors and Lay Faithful Called to Go Forward Together", underway in the Vatican's New Synod Hall, the main theme was the importance of ongoing ...

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A summary of the first day's session, with speeches and testimonies from around the world

  The Conference for the Presidents and Representatives of Episcopal Commissions for the Laity began this morning in the New Synod Hall. Its goal is to create a place for dialogue and the ...

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Prefect Farrell's keynote address at the opening of the Conference for Presidents and Representatives of Episcopal Commissions for the Laity

  Starting from today until Saturday, Feb. 18, the International Conference "Pastors and Lay Faithful Called to Go Forward Together," organized by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and ...

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Press Conference to present the Conference "Pastors and Lay Faithful Called to Walk Together"

  At 11:30 a.m. this morning, in live streaming from the Holy See Press Office, St. Pius X Hall, Via dell'Ospedale 1, a Press Conference was held to present the International Conference for the ...