Synod names commission to prepare final document

October 09, 2024

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CWN Editor's Note: The Synod on Synodality has named 14 members to a commission that will prepare the final statement for the current October session.

Seven members of the commission were elected by Synod participants to represent geographical regions:

• Catherine Clifford, a theologian at St. Paul University in Ottawa, for North America;
• Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, the president of the African bishops’ commission, to represent that continent;
• Bishop Shane Mackinlay of Sandhurst, Australia, for Oceania;
• Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio of Bogota, Colombia, for South America;
• Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseille, France, for Europe;
• Father Clarence Davedassan of Malaysia from Asia; and
• Maronite Bishop Mounir Khairallah, of Batrun, Lebanon, for the Middle East.

Pope Francis chose the other seven members of the commission, including four who are members ex officio:

1. Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, the relator general of the Synod, who will chair the commission;
2. Cardinal Mario Grech, the secretary-general of the Office of the Synod;
3. Msgr. Riccardo Battocchio, a special secretary for the Synod; and
4. Father Giacomo Costa, SJ, another special secretary.

The others appointed by the Pope are:

1. Sister Leticia Salazar, chancellor of the Diocese of San Bernardino, California;
2. Father Giuseppe Bonfrate, a theologian at the Gregorian University; and
3. Cardinal Filipe Neri Antonio Sebastao do Rosario Ferrao of Goa, India.

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