{"id":6684,"date":"2021-11-01T15:08:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T19:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/news\/news-2\/deadline-extended-first-phase-synodal-process\/"},"modified":"2021-11-01T15:08:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T19:08:47","slug":"deadline-extended-first-phase-synodal-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/news\/news-2\/deadline-extended-first-phase-synodal-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadline extended for first phase of the synodal process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/vatican-city\/news\/2021-10\/synod-extension-first-phase-general-secretariat.html\" target=\"_blank\">Vatican News<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\nIn order to \u201cprovide a greater opportunity for the people of God to have an authentic experience of listening and dialogue\u201d during the recently launched synodal process, the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops has decided to extend the deadline of the first phase.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nIn a statement on Friday, the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops said that it has extended \u201cthe deadline for the presentation of the synthesis of the consultations by the Episcopal Conference, the Oriental Catholic Churches sui iuris and other ecclesial bodies\u201d to 15 August 2022.&nbsp;<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe statement notes that extension comes in response to numerous communications from various quarters in these first weeks of the synodal process requesting an extension of the duration of the first phase.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThese communications, the statement says, \u201care truly an encouraging confirmation of those in the Church who are committed to celebrating the first phase of the synodal process\u2026 constituted by the consultation of the People of God.\u201d<br \/>\n<br \/>\nFurther explaining the decision to extend the deadline, the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops notes that it evaluated the requests, always seeking the good of the Church, \u201caware that a synodal Church is a Church that listens, and considering that this first phase is essential for this synodal path.\u201d<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong>The Synodal process<\/strong><br \/>\n<br \/>\nPope Francis officially launched the two-year synodal process, themed \u201cFor a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission,\u201d on Sunday, 10 October.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nA week later, on 17 October, the diocesan phase was kicked off in dioceses across the world.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe initial deadline for the presentation of the synthesis on the part of the Synods of Oriental Churches and the Episcopal Conferences was April 2022 but this latest decision from the General Secretariat extends the first phase deadline by four months.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nto March 2023, while the third, universal phase will begin with the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in October 2023.<\/p>\n\n<p><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Vatican News In order to \u201cprovide a greater opportunity for the people of God to have an authentic experience&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nouvelle"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}