Today, Thursday 21 September 2023, at 12.00, a briefing will be held in the Holy See Press Office, Saint Pius X Hall, Via dell’Ospedale 1, to present the calendar and list of participants in the 16^th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the theme: “For a synodal Church: communion, participation and mission”, to be held from 4 to 29 October 2023.

The briefing will be livestreamed in the original language on the Vatican News YouTube Channel, at https://www.youtube.com/c/VaticanNews.

The speakers will be:

- Dr. Paolo Ruffini, prefect of the Holy See Dicastery for Communication, president of the Information Commission of the 16^th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops;

- Msgr. Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A., under-secretary of the General Secretariat of the Synod;

- Fr. Giacomo Costa, S.J., special secretary of the 16^th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops.