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Synod spokesman Paolo Ruffini has confirmed that the synod delegates attending this month’s assembly will be returning to Rome next year for the October 2024 synod assembly.
Dominican Father Timothy Radcliffe said Monday that “the most fertile time” of the Synod on Synodality will be the months of “active waiting” leading up to the final 2024 synod assembly.
Speaking at the livestreamed opening of the general congregation on Oct. 23, Father Radcliffe likened the months of waiting between the two synod assemblies to “a pregnancy.”
“In a few days’ time, we shall go home for 11 months. This will be apparently a time of empty waiting. But it will be probably the most fertile time of the whole synod, the time of germination,” the English Dominican said.
“These 11 months will be like a pregnancy,” he added. “We, my brothers and sisters, are pregnant with new life.”
Father Radcliffe, who serves as the spiritual adviser to the synod, also warned delegates not to speak negatively when they return home from Rome, quoting St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians: “‘Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths,’” (Eph 4:29).
Little has been made public regarding what will take place between the two synod assemblies.
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Dominican Father Timothy Radcliffe said Monday that “the most fertile time” of the Synod on Synodality will be the months of “active waiting” leading up to the final 2024 synod assembly.
Speaking at the livestreamed opening of the general congregation on Oct. 23, Father Radcliffe likened the months of waiting between the two synod assemblies to “a pregnancy.”
“In a few days’ time, we shall go home for 11 months. This will be apparently a time of empty waiting. But it will be probably the most fertile time of the whole synod, the time of germination,” the English Dominican said.
“These 11 months will be like a pregnancy,” he added. “We, my brothers and sisters, are pregnant with new life.”
Father Radcliffe, who serves as the spiritual adviser to the synod, also warned delegates not to speak negatively when they return home from Rome, quoting St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians: “‘Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths,’” (Eph 4:29).
Little has been made public regarding what will take place between the two synod assemblies.
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Synod on Synodality’s ‘Most Fertile Time’ Will Be Before Next Assembly, Father Radcliffe Says
Synod spokesman Paolo Ruffini has confirmed that the synod delegates attending this month’s assembly will be returning to Rome next year for the October 2024 synod assembly.
