VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
   YEAR XXII - # 150   
   DATE 09-09-2014   
      
   Summary:   
   - CARDINAL BALDISSERI: NEW METHODOLOGY FOR OCTOBER'S SYNOD OF BISHOPS   
   - PARTICIPANTS IN THE SYNOD   
      
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    CARDINAL BALDISSERI: NEW METHODOLOGY FOR OCTOBER'S SYNOD OF BISHOPS   
    Vatican City, 2014 (VIS) - The following is the full text of the presentation   
   by Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, of   
   the participants in the upcoming Synod in October 2014:   
    "Why are two full pages of names being published today in the Osservatore   
   Romano? Because these names correspond to people from all over the world, who   
   will take part in the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops   
   (5-19 October) on the theme: "Pastoral challenges to the family in the context   
   of evangelisation". The aim of the meeting is to propose to today's world the   
   beauty and the values of the family, which emerge from the proclamation of   
   Jesus Christ Who disperses fear and supports hope.   
    Synodus - which means 'taking a path together' - is the expression that   
   indicates the eccesial space in which we convene in order to meet and to   
   reflect - in the dual faith in God and man - before today's challenges to the   
   family. The list that follows is made up of representatives from the five   
   continents, subdivided as follows: 114 presidents of Episcopal Conferences, 13   
   heads of the 'sui iuris' Eastern Catholic Churches, 25 heads of the   
   dicasteries of the Roman Curia, 9 members of the Ordinary Council of the   
   Secretariat, the secretary general, the under-secretary, 3 nominees from the   
   Union of Superior Generals, and 26 pontifical nominees. Other participants   
   include 8 fraternal delegates, 38 auditors, including 13 married couples, and   
   16 experts. The total number of participants in the Synod Assembly is 253.   
    In the dynamic of the renewal of the Church ordered by Pope Francis, the   
   updating of the institution of the Synod is explained in particular in the   
   preparatory process and in the process of the Assemblies themselves. This   
   project, initiated with the convocation of the Synod Assembly, is developing   
   in a new and renewed way, with concrete actions. The criterion for renewal is   
   that of first painting the picture and then adding the frame. The rules in   
   force provide the track along which the train of renewal proceeds. As we go   
   ahead, the steps necessary for changing the rules or eventually setting about   
   a full reconstruction of the Synod as an entity will become evident.   
    The itinerary of the next Synod will be divided into two phases: the   
   Extraordinary General Assembly of 2014 and the Ordinary General Assembly of   
   2015. A new working methodology will be applied, rendering the process more   
   dynamic and participatory, with speeches and testimonials, always with a view   
   to continuity towards the second stage, after which the Synod document will be   
   published".   
      
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    PARTICIPANTS IN THE SYNOD   
    Vatican City, 9 September 2014 (VIS) - The following is a list of   
   participants in the Third General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, dedicated   
   to "Pastoral challenges to the family in the context of evangelisation":   
    A. LIST OF SYNOD FATHERS ACCORDING TO ORDER OF PARTICIPATION   
    I. President   
    FRANCESCO, Supreme Pontiff   
    II. Secretary GENERAL   
    - Cardinal Lorenzo BALDISSERI   
    III. DELEGATE presidentS   
    Cardinals André VINGT-TROIS, archbishop of Paris, France, Luis Antonio G.   
   TAGLE, archbishop of Manila, Philippines, Raymundo Damasceno ASSIS, archbishop   
   of Aparecida, president of the Episcopal Conference of Brazil.   
    IV. RELATOR GENERAL   
    Cardinal Péter ERD?, archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, president of the   
   Catholic Bishops' Conference of Hungary, president of the Consilium   
   Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae (C.C.E.E.)   
    V. SPECIAL SECRETARY   
    - Archbishop Bruno FORTE of Chieti-Vasto, Italy   
    VI. COMMISSION FOR THE MESSAGE   
    President   
    - Cardinal Gianfranco RAVASI, president of the Pontifical Council for   
   Culture, Vatican City   
    Vice president   
    - Archbishop Victor Manuel FERNÁNDEZ, rector of the Pontifical Catholic   
   University of Argentina, Argentina   
    VII. THE ORIENTAL CATHOLIC CHURCHES   
    Synod of the Coptic Catholic Church   
    His Beatitude Ibrahim Isaac SIDRAK, Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts,   
   Head of the Synod of the Coptic Catholic Church   
    Synod of the Greek Melkite Catholic Church   
    His Beatitude Grégoire III LAHAM, B.S., Patriarch of Antioch of the   
   Greek-Melkites, Head of the Synod of the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church   
    Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church   
    His Beatitude Ignace Youssif III YOUNAN, Patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians,   
   Head of the Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church   
    Synod of the Maronite Catholic Church   
    His Beatitude Cardinal Bechara Boutros RAÏ, O.M.M., Patriarch of Antioch of   
   the Maronites, Head of the Synod of the Maronite Catholic Church   
    Synod of the Chaldean Catholic Church   
    His Beatitude Louis Raphaël I SAKO, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans,   
   Head of the Synod of the Chaldean Catholic Church   
    Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church   
    His Beatitude Nerses Bedros XIX TARMOUNI, Patriarch of Cilicia of the   
   Armenians, Head of the Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church   
    Synod of the Greek-Catholic Ukrainian Church   
    His Beatitude Sviatoslav SHEVCHUK, major archbishop of Kyiv-Haly?, Head of   
   the Synod of the Greek-Catholic Ukrainian Church   
    Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church   
    His Beatitude Cardinal George ALENCHERRY, major archbishop of E   
   nakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars, resident of the Synod of the   
   Syro-Malabar Church   
    Synod of the Syro-Malankars   
    His Beatitude, Cardinal Baselios Cleemis THOTTUNKAL, major archbishop of   
   Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankars, president of the Synod of the Syro-Malankar   
   Church, president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (C.B.C.I.)   
    Synod of the Romanian Church   
    His Beatitud, Cardinal Lucian MURE?AN, major archbishop of F?g?ras ?i Alba   
   Iulia of the Romanians, Head of the Synod of the Romanian Church   
    Council of the Ethiopian Church   
    - Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew SOURAPHIEL, C.M. of Addis Abeba, president   
   of the Council of the Ethiopian Church, president of the Assembly of Catholic   
   Hierarchs of Ethiopia and Eritrea   
    Council of the Ruthenian Catholic Church, U.S.A.   
    Archbishop William Charles SKURLA, metropolitan of Pittsburgh of the   
   Byzantines, president of the Council of the Ruthenian Catholic Church   
    Council of the Council of the Slovak Church   
    Archbishop Jan BABJAK, S.J., metropolitan of Prešov for Catholics of   
   Byzantine rite, president of the Council of the Slovak Church   
    VIII. PRESIDENTS OF THE EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES   
    AFRICA   
    ANGOLA and SÃO TOMÉ   
    Archbishop Gabriel MBILINGI, C.S.SP., of Lubango, Angola, president of the   
   Symposium des Conférences Episcopales d'Afrique et de Madagascar (S.C.E.A.M.)   
    BENIN   
    Bishop Eugéne Cyrille HOUNDÉKON of Abomey, deputy president of the Episcopal   
   Conference   
    BOTSWANA, SOUTH AFRICA AND SWAZILAND   
    Archbishop Stephen BRISLIN of Cape Town, Kaapstad, South Africa   
    BURKINA FASO AND NIGER   
    Archbishop Paul Yembuado OUÉDRAOGO of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso   
    BURUNDI   
    Bishop Gervais BANSHIMIYUBUSA of Ngozi   
    CAMEROON   
    Archbishop Samuel KLEDA of Douala   
    CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC   
    Archbishop Dieudonné NZAPALAINGA, C.S.SP., of Bangui   
    CHAD   
    Bishop Jean-Claude BOUCHARD, O.M.I., of Pala   
    CONGO (Republic of)   
    Bishop Louis PORTELLA MBUYU of Kinkala   
    CONGO (Rep. Democrática del)   
    Bishop Nicolas DJOMO LOLA of Tshumbe   
    COTE D'IVOIRE   
    Archbishop Alexis TOUABLI YOULO of Agboville   
    EQUATORIAL GUINEA   
    Bishop Juan MATOGO OYANA, C.M.F., of Bata, deputy president of the Episcopal   
   Conference   
    ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA   
    Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew SOURAPHIEL, C.M., of Addis Abeba, president   
   of the Council of the Ethiopian Church   
    GABON   
    Bishop Mathieu MADEGA LEBOUAKEHAN of Mouila   
    GAMBIA AND SIERRA LEONE   
    Bishop Patrick Daniel KOROMA of Kenema   
    GHANA   
    Bishop Joseph OSEI-BONSU of Konongo-Mampong   
    GUINEA   
    Bishop Emmanuel FÉLÉMOU of Kankan   
    INDIAN OCEAN (C.E.D.O.I.)   
    Bishop Maurice PIAT, C.S.SP., of Port-Louis, Seychelles   
    KENYA   
    Cardinal John NJUE, archbishop of Nairobi   
    LESOTHO   
    Archbishop Gerard Tlali LEROTHOLI, O.M.I., of Maseru   
    LIBERIA   
    Bishop Anthony Fallah BORWAH of Gbarnga, deputy president of the Episcopal   
   Conference   
    MADAGASCAR   
    Archbishop Desire TSARAHAZANA of Toamasina   
    MALAWI   
    Bishop Joseph Mukasa ZUZA of Mzuzu   
    MALI   
    Bishop Jean-Baptiste TIAMA of Sikasso   
    MOZAMBIQUE   
    Bishop Lúcio Andrice MUANDULA of Xai-Xai   
    NAMIBIA   
    Archbishop Liborius Ndumbukuti NASHENDA, O.M.I., of Windhoek   
    NIGERIA   
    Archbishop Ignatius Ayau KAIGAMA of Jos   
    NORTH AFRICA (C.E.R.N.A.)   
    Archbishop Vincent LANDEL, S.C.I. of Béth., of Rabat, Morocco   
    RWANDA   
    Bishop Smaragde MBONYINTEGE of Kabgayi   
    SENEGAL, MAURITANIA, CAPO VERDE AND GUINEA-BISSAU   
    Bishop Benjamin NDIAYE of Kaolack, Senegal   
    SUDAN   
    Cardinal Gabriel ZUBEIR WAKO, archbishop of Khartoum   
    TANZANIA   
    Bishop Tarcisius NGALALEKUMTWA of Iringa   
    TOGO   
    Bishop Benoit Comlan M. ALOWONOU of Kpalime   
    UGANDA   
    Archbishop John Baptist ODAMA of Gulu   
    ZAMBIA   
    Archbishop Ignatius CHAMA of Kasama, apostolic administrator "sede vacante et   
   ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of Mpika   
    ZIMBABWE   
    Bishop Michael Dixon BHASERA of Masvingo   
    AMERICA   
    ANTILLES   
    Archbishop Patrick Christopher PINDER of Nassau, Trinidad and Tobago   
    ARGENTINA   
    Archbishop José María ARANCEDO of Santa Fe da la Vera Cruz   
    BOLIVIA   
    Archbishop Oscar Omar APARICIO CÉSPEDES, Military Ordinary of Bolivia   
    BRAZIL   
    Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno ASSIS, archbishop of Aparecida   
    CANADA   
    Archbishop Paul-André DUROCHER Gatineau   
    CHILE   
      
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