INSTRUMENTUM LABORIS

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, president of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and a member of the Synod’s preparatory commission, said it had been an extraordinary process to get to this point, with Catholics across the world helping shape the working document.

‘The three central themes for this Synod of Bishops—communion, mission and participation—remain at the heart of this document. We are being invited to adopt them as a fundamental lens through which we can evaluate all we are doing.’

Archbishop Patrick O’Regan and Bishop Shane Mackinlay will attend the Synod of Bishops as the two delegates of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP will also participate as a member of the Ordinary Council of the Secretariat of the Synod.

Ten other representatives from the Oceania region will also attend the Synod, with those participants expected to be announced in the coming weeks

Visit the Bishops Conference’s Synod of Bishops website for more information.

https://www.synod.va/en/synodal-process/the-universal-phase/documents.html

The Universal Phase

INSTRUMENTUM LABORIS

The Italian and English versions of the Instrumentum Laboris are to be considered official versions of the General Secretariat of the Synod since the text was written simultaneously in both languages. All other versions are intended as translations produced in collaboration with some bishops’ conferences.

In addition to the Instrumentum Laboris, you will also find a F.A.Q. (containing an executive summary of the Instrumentum Laboris) and some elements of language.