Today, Tuesday 22 October 2024, at 13.30, a briefing will be held in the Holy See Press Office, Via della Conciliazione 54, to provide an update on the work of the Second Session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops.
The speakers will be:
- His Eminence Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap., president of the “Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar” (S.E.C.A.M.);
- Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of Bamenda, Cameroon, member of the Ordinary Council, member of the Commission for Information of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops;
- Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck of Essen, military ordinary for the Federal Republic of Germany;
- The Reverend Clarence Sandanaraj Davedassan, witness of the synodal process, Asia;
- Dr. Paolo Ruffini, prefect of the Dicastery for Communication and chair of the Commission for Information of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops;
- Dr. Sheila Leocádia Pires, communications officer of the “Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference” (S.A.C.B.C.), secretary of the Commission for Information of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops.
The briefing will be livestreamed on the Vatican News YouTube channel, at https://www.youtube.com/c/VaticanNews.
