Today, Thursday 18 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:

- His Eminence Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M., president of the Episcopal Conference, metropolitan archbishop of Addis Abeba, president of the Council of the Ethiopian Church, Ethiopia;

- H.E. Msgr. Matteo Maria Zuppi, archbishop of Bologna, Italy;

- Rev. Fr. Alexandre Awi Mello, I.Sch., secretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life, Vatican City;

- Rev. Sr. Alessandra Smerilli, lecturer in economics at the Pontifical Faculty of Educational Sciences Auxilium, member of the scientific and organizing committee of the Catholic social weeks – Italian Episcopal Conference, Italy.