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The Instrumentum Laboris (Latin for Working Document) for World Synod of Bishops on “The Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization” was published in the Vatican on Thursday, 26 June, 2014. The document highlights both the pastoral challenges and concrete examples of pastoral care of the family and marriage. READ THE FULL TEXTOF THE DOCUMENT on the Vatican Website at:http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/synod/documents/rc_synod_doc_20140626_instrumentum-laboris-familia_en.html
This document is a summary ofthe answers to a worldwide questionnaire on how Catholics perceive the current situation of the family and marriage in the world today. The results provide an in-depth look at concerns, challenges and hopes shared by Catholics.
This is the Working Document for a meeting of bishops and other delegates to take place in Rome from 5-19 October, 2014. This October, 2014 synod – officially called the Synod of Bishops III Extraordinary General Assembly – will “define” the “status quaestionis” (Latin for “the state of the question”) of the topic of the family and marriage. Then the next synod – officially called the Synod of Bishops XIV Ordinary General Assemblyto take place in Rome in October, 2015 -- will ”seek working guidelines in the pastoral care of the person and the family.”
The day after it was published this Instrumentum Laboris was used in the AMECEA Pastoral Department Workshop for National Commissions for Marriage and Family Life Apostolate in the AMECEA Region that took place in Nairobi on 23rd to 27th June, 2014.
SOURCE: Fr. Joe Healley, MM
