Today, Wednesday 17 October, a briefing will be held on the work of the Synod, to take place at 13.30 in the Holy See Press Office, Via della Conciliazione 54. The following will be present:

- Fr. Alois, Prior of the Taizé Ecumenical Community, France, special guest;

- Rev. Fr. Ab. Mauro Giorgio Giuseppe Lepori, O. Cist., Abbot General of the Order of Cistercians;

- H.E. Msgr. David Bartimej Tencer, O.F.M. Cap., bishop of Reykjavík, Iceland;

- Pastor Marco Fornerone, World Communion of Reformed Churches, Fraternal Delegate.