On Tuesday 9 July 2024, at 12.00, a press conference will be held in the Holy See Press Office, Sala San Pio, Via dell’Ospedale 1, to present the Instrumentum Laboris for the Second Session of the 16^th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (2 to 27 October 2024), on the theme: For a synodal Church: communion, participation, and mission.

The speakers will be:

- His Eminence Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary general of the General Secretariat of the Synod;

- His Eminence Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J., archbishop of Luxembourg; general rapporteur of the 16^thOrdinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops;

- The Reverend Msgr. Riccardo Battocchio, special secretary of the 16^th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops;

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

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