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According to the Malaysian priest, the Church in Asia plays a pivotal role in building bridges for peace.

“We listen to each other, we listen to the Spirit,” said Cardinal Hollerich.

What struck them most from the ordination mass of Garcera was being called “synodal babies”. “This is now the path that the Church is heading on, a Synodal Church. That’s why I prepare myself to make use of the spirit of synodality in my priestly ministry, that is, to walk with the Church, to listen more and to go out for a mission,” said Castillo.

"We are all authors of Instrumentum Laboris for the XVI Ordinary Synod Assembly. All our voices have a place in the document," said Father Costa.

 “Curiously, the prayer of adoration — we have lost it,” Pope Francis admitted. “We have lost it, and everyone — priests, bishops, consecrated men and women, laypeople — have to recover it. It’s to be in silence, before the Lord,” he seemed to challenge all those present.

Catholic Church should be the “church of listening,” Archbishop Kikuchi

“We are learning Synodality by doing Synodality,” Professor Christina Kheng.

“I will carry on the Asian and Malaysian conversations we have had, but I also want to hear what the others have to say,” Father Clarence Devass

The Church must “surrender the synodal process and journey to the maternal care of Mary,” Bishop Sebastian Francis

Bishop Antonius Subianto Benjamin, OSC, urged Indonesian Catholics to help build Christ's mission by showing the true face of the Indonesian Church, which is 100% Indonesian and 100% Catholic, as one of the efforts to realize a truly synodal congregation, where fellowship, participation, and mission spirit are built together.

The Vatican's ambassador to Indonesia, Archbishop Piero Pioppo, urged the country's bishops to travel together in a spirit of brotherhood, at the Synodal opening of the Indonesian Bishops' Conference (KWI) in Bandung on November 14.

Pope Francis announces that the Assembly meetings of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality will take place in two sessions: in October 2023 and October 2024.

Pope Francis celebrated Mass at St Peter’s Basilica for the solemn opening of the Synod of Bishops, which will take place in three stages over the next two years.

Catholic Church leaders in Thailand are preparing for their “synodal process” as a response to the call of Pope Francis to help shape a new way of articulating the Church’s mission of evangelization.

Cardinal Kriengsak of Bangkok said Thailand’s bishops will undergo a “period of discernment” on propositions they will receive from dioceses

The Vatican released Tuesday a preparatory document and handbook for the 2023 synod on synodality to be reviewed by all Catholic dioceses in the world over the next six months.

The next ordinary assembly of the synod of bishops is to be held in the fall of 2022, according to a press release from the Vatican on Saturday.