On Oct. 27, Cardinal Mario Grech, Secretary General of the General Secretariat of the Synod, spoke first during the press conference presenting the Working Document for the Continental Stage of the Synod, a document summarizing what emerged from all the diocesan consultations. “Enlarge the Space of Your Tent” (this is the title of the document) is the “synthesis of syntheses.”
In fact, the various responses of the faithful were transmitted to the respective dioceses and then by the dioceses to the relevant bishops’ conference, which prepared an initial compendium. These summaries were then sent to the Synod Secretariat, which, through a group of “experts,” proceeded to prepare a further summary, that is, the document that has now been made public. …
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