Towards the Synod for the Amazon: some data

Towards the Synod for the Amazon: some data

The Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazonian Region will be held in the Vatican from 6 to 27 October this year.

Participants:
- the residential bishops and the equivalent ordinaries according to Law, belonging to the 9 Pan-Amazonian ecclesiastical circumscriptions in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guyana, Guyana and Suriname;
- the presidents of the 7 Episcopal Conferences involved in the Region;
- several Dicastery heads of the Roman Curia;
- the presidency of the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM);
- members of the pre-synod Council appointed by the Pope;
-15 local religious, pastoral agents in the Amazon;
-20 natives.

Source: Vatican News

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