As Paus Benedictus XVI - Homilie
In de H. Mis ter afsluiting van de Bijzondere Bisschoppensynode voor het Midden-Oosten
(voorlopig Engelstalig)
(24 oktober 2010) by Pope Benedict XVI at the closing of the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod Bishops, the XIII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops will be held from 7 to 28 October 2012 to treat the topic: "The New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith". To facilitate the preparation of this event, the Bisschoppensynodes
Lineamenta Nieuwe evangelisatie voor het overdragen van het christelijk geloof
Voor de 13e Gewone Bisschoppensynode - oktober 2012
(2 februari 2011) was prepared, including questions to be answered by the bishops' conferences, synods of bishops of the Eastern Catholic Churches sui iuris, the departments of the Roman Curia and the Union of Superiors General. Observations were also submitted to the General Secretariat by individual bishops, priests, members of the institutes of consecrated life, lay associations and ecclesial movements. The great number of people who participated in the preparation process confirmed the timeliness of the Holy Father's choice of topic in the minds of Christians and the entire Church today. All these observations and comments are collected and summarized in this Instrumentum laboris.