EIGHTH GENERAL CONGREGATION
Friday morning, 10/9/09
Today at 9.00 a.m., in memory of Saint Dionysius and companions martyrs, and of Saint Giovanni Leonardi, priest, in the presence of the Holy Father, with the recital of the Hour of Terce, the Eighth General Congregation took place.
The President-Delegate on duty was Cardinal Théodore-Adrien SARR, Archbishop of Dakar (SENEGAL).
At the opening of the Eight General Congregation, the Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops named the members elected earlier in the week for the Commission for the Message,
During the break at 10:30 a.m., the Holy Father Benedict XVI received the French Working Group A and B in audience.
At this General Congregation that ended at 12.30 with the Prayer Angelus Domini, 219 Synod Fathers were present.
The following Synodal fathers presented their interventions at this session:
- Cardinal Tarcisio BERTONE, S.D.B., Secretary of State (VATICAN CITY)
- Mons. Jan OZGA, Bishop of Doumé-Abong' Mbang (CAMEROON)
- Mons. Albert VANBUEL, S.D.B., Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC)
- Mons. Jean-Baptiste TIAMA, Bishop of Sikasso, President of the Episcopal Conference (MALI)
- Fr. Edouard TSIMBA, C.I.C.M., Superior General of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Missionaries of Scheut) (UNION OF THE SUPERIOR GENERAL)
- Cardinal Christian Wiyghan TUMI, Archbishop of Douala (CAMEROON)
- Mons. Claudio Maria CELLI, President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications (VATICAN CITY)
- Mons. Joseph KUMUONDALA MBIMBA, Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO)
- Cardinal Renato Raffaele MARTINO, President of the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace (VATICAN CITY)
- Fr. Gérard CHABANON, M. Afr., Superior General of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) (UNION OF SUPERIORS- GENERAL)
- Mons. Joachim NTAHONDEREYE, Bishop of Muyinga (BURUNDI)
- Mons. Jean-Claude BOUCHARD, O.M.I., Bishop of Pala, President of the Episcopal Conference (CHAD)
- Fr. Francesco BARTOLONI, C.PP.S., General Moderator of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood (UNION OF SUPERIORS-GENERAL)
- Mons. Robert Christopher NDLOVU, Archbishop of Harare, President of the Episcopal Conference (ZIMBABWE)
- Mons. Evaristus Thatho BITSOANE, Bishop of Qacha's Nek, President of the Episcopal Conference (LESOTHO)
- Mons. Franklyn NUBUASAH, S.V.D., Apostolic Vicar of Francistown (BOTSWANA)
- Fr. Jacob BEYA KADUMBU, C.I., Vicar General of the Belgian Josephites (UNION OF SUPERIORS-GENERAL)
- Mons. Cyprian Kizito LWANGA, Archbishop of Kampala (UGANDA)
- Mons. Jorge Enrique JIMÉNEZ CARVAJAL, C.I.M., Archbishop of Cartagena (COLOMBIA)
- Mons. Velasio DE PAOLIS, President of Prefecture for Economic Affairs of the Holy See (VATICAN CITY)
- Mons. Joseph Mukasa ZUZA, Bishop of Mzuzu (MALAWI)
Interventions were also heard from 1 fraternal delegate and 4 auditors.
- Fraternal delegate His Grace Bernhard NTAHOTURI, Archbishop of the Province of the Anglican Church of Burundi (BURUNDI),:
and the following auditors:
Furthermore, the following Auditors intervened:
- Rev. Sister Felicia HARRY, N.S.A. (O.L.A.), Superior General of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles (GHANA)
- Rev. F. Seán O’LEARY, M.Afr., Director of the Denis Hurley Peace Institute (SOUTH AFRICA)
- Rev. Sister Pauline ODIA BUKASA, F.M.S., Superior General of the Sisters “Ba-Maria”, Buta Uele (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO)
- Rev. Sister Geneviève UWAMARIYA, Sister of Saint Mary of Namur (RWANDA)
Summaries of their interventions may be read on
www.vatican.va/news_services/press/sinodo/documents/bollettino_23_ii_speciale-africa-2009/02_inglese/b14...
NINTH GENERAL CONGREGATION
Friday afternoon, 10/9/09
At the afternoon session, the following interventions wre heard:
From the Synodal Fathers -
- Cardinal Leonardo SANDRI, Prefect of the Congregation for Oriental Churches (VATICAN CITY)
- Mons. Jean-Pierre BASSÈNE, Bishop of Kolda (SENEGAL), President of the John Paul II Foundation for the Sahel
- Mons. Henryk HOSER, S.A.C., Archbishop-Bishop of Warsaw-Prague (POLAND)
- CardINAL Bernard AGRÉ, Emeritus Archbishop of Abidjan (IVORY COAST)
- Fr. Pierre Noël NIAVA, National Military Chaplain (IVORY COAST)
- Mons. Denis Komivi AMUZU-DZAKPAH, Archbishop Lomé (TOGO)
- Mons. Ignatius CHAMA, Bishop of Mpika (ZAMBIA)
- Mons. Benedito Beni DOS SANTOS, Bishop of Lorena (BRAZIL)
- Mons. Peter J. KAIRO, Archbishop of Nyeri (KENYA)
- Mons. Boniface LELE, Archbishop of Mombasa (KENYA)
From a fraternal delegate -
- H.E. Barnaba EL SORYANY, Bishop of the Copt Orthodox Church in Italy
From auditors:
- Laurien NTEZIMANA, Licentiate in Theology, Diocese of Butare (RWANDA)
- Fr. Armand GARIN, Little Brothers of Jesus (FRANCE), Regional responsible for his order in North Africa (Algeria and Morocco)
- Prof. Raymond RANJEVA, former Vice-President of the International Court of Justice (The Hague) and Member of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (MADAGASCAR)
- Dr. Elena GIACCHI, Gynecologist, Center for Study and Research on the Natural Regulation of Fertility, Catholic University Sacro Cuorem Rome; and president of WOOMB-Italy (National coordination of the Billings Ovulation Method)
And finally, from special guest
- H.E. Rodolhe Adada, former special representative of the joint commission of the UN and the African Union for the Sudan.
Summaries of these itnerventions may be found on
www.vatican.va/news_services/press/sinodo/documents/bollettino_23_ii_speciale-africa-2009/xx_plurilingue/b15_xx.html#AUDITIO_AUDITO...
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