Looking at the ecumenical dimension of the synodal process

Jan 14, 2022

VATICAN: On Wednesday January 12, 2021, the Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs (OEIA) of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), in collaboration with the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops, organised an online meeting on the ecumenical dimension of the synodal process.

The meeting followed up on the joint letter on this issue that Cardinals Kurt Koch and Mario Grech sent to the bishops responsible for ecumenism on Oct 28, 2021.

Eighteen persons including Archbishops Julian Leow and Simon Poh represented the Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei region. A

fter introducing the theme, Bishop Brian Farrell, Secretary of the PCPCU, and Sr Nathalie Becquart, Under-Secretary of the Synod of Bishops, responded to questions from representatives of the different Bishops’ Conferences.

The meeting, which gathered together more than 70 representatives of the Bishops’ Conferences of Asia coming from more than 20 countries, was an opportunity to offer practical suggestions with a view to implementing the ecumenical dimension of the synodal process in dioceses, as well as in episcopal conferences and synods of the FABC. -- christianunity.va