As Bishop Shane Mackinlay explains in the video above, when Pope Francis decided to hold what is now known as the Synod on Synodality, the Church in Australia found itself with some groundwork having already been laid in preparing for the Plenary Council.
Bishop Mackinlay, the Plenary Council’s vice president, says in the video that the global Synod of Bishops process can draw on the Plenary Council’s lessons, and the Plenary Council will have the chance to learn from the local consultation phase for the Synod that is currently underway.
He explains some of the intersecting aspects of the two timelines for the Synod and the Plenary Council, and how people can continue to participate in both.
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