Synodevaders - 27 oktober 2012
In addition to the entire documentation on The New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith related to this synod, submitted to the Holy Father for his consideration, namely, the Lineamenta, the Instrumentum laboris, the Relatio ante disceptationem, the Relatio post disceptationem, the presentations, both given in the synod hall and those in scriptis, the Message to the People of God, the Reports of the Small Groups and their discussions, the synod fathers have given a certain importance to the following propositions.
The Synod Fathers also humbly request the Holy Father to consider the opportuneness of issuing a document on transmitting the Christian faith through a new evangelization.
The Oriental Catholic Churches sui juris, which are enlightened by the Tradition that has been handed down from the Apostles through the Fathers, are the patrimony of the whole Church of Christ Vgl. 2e Vaticaans Concilie, Decreet, Over de Oosterse Kerken, Orientalium Ecclesiarum (21 nov 1964), 2, Vgl. Wetboek, Codex van Canoniek Recht van de Oosterse Kerken, Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium (1 okt 1991), 39. These Churches are part of the Apostolic heritage through which the Good News was brought to far-off lands Vgl. Paus Benedictus XVI, Postsynodale Apostolische Exhortatie, De Kerk in het Midden-Oosten - Naar aanleiding van de Bisschoppensynode over het Midden-Oosten, Ecclesia in Medio Oriente (14 sept 2012), 88.
They are thankful for the possibility offered to them to carry out their pastoral duties towards their migrant faithful in countries with Latin Church traditions. They also hope that their tradition might be more fully known and respected among the faithful and clergy of particular Churches around the world.