Synod: The Church assembles for the family

Synod: The Church assembles for the family

(Vatican Radio) “This Extraordinary Synod is linked to the ordinary Synod that will happen next year, so this is quite unique in the history of the Synod of Bishops – two consecutive assemblies that are linked in process and in theme – the family”, says Cardinal Luis Antonio G. TAGLE, Archbishop of Manila and one of the three delegate presidents of the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (5-19 October).

The theme of the two week assembly will gather 253 men and women representing the Universal Church to discuss and reflect on the theme: “Pastoral challenges to the family in the context of evangelization”.

Speaking to Emer McCarthy Card. Tagle underscores that this Extraordinary assembly of the Synod is the first part of a two phase process and its purpose is to offer a place for discussion and reflection rather than decision making:

“This first gathering, according to the Holy Father will set the status quaestionis. With the help of experts and observers we want to see the situation of the family in different parts of the world.  Attending the preparatory meetings one thing I realized is the diversity of the situations and pastoral challenges and it’s exciting to see how the one Gospel the one Truth that we hold on to can be expressed pastorally in diverse ways”.

Presenting the list of participants to press at the Vatican Tuesday Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, said the Extraordinary General Assembly of 2014 and the Ordinary General Assembly of 2015 represent “a new working methodology” for the Synod of bishops “rendering the process more dynamic and participatory, with speeches and testimonials, always with a view to continuity towards the second stage, after which the Synod document will be published”.

Participants from all 5 continents include: 114 presidents of Episcopal Conferences, 13 heads of the 'sui iuris' Eastern Catholic Churches, 25 heads of the dicasteries of the Roman Curia, 9 members of the Ordinary Council of the Secretariat, the secretary general, the under-secretary, 3 nominees from the Union of Superior Generals, and 26 pontifical nominees. Other participants include 8 fraternal delegates, 38 auditors, including 13 married couples, and 16 experts.

 A. LIST OF SYNOD FATHERS ACCORDING TO ORDER OF PARTICIPATION

I. President

FRANCESCO, Supreme Pontiff

II. Secretary GENERAL

- Cardinal Lorenzo BALDISSERI

III. DELEGATE presidents

Cardinals André VINGT-TROIS, archbishop of Paris, France, Luis Antonio G. TAGLE, archbishop of Manila, Philippines, Raymundo Damasceno ASSIS, archbishop of Aparecida, president of the Episcopal Conference of Brazil.

IV. RELATOR GENERAL

Cardinal Péter ERD?, archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Hungary, president of the Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae (C.C.E.E.)

V. SPECIAL SECRETARY

- Archbishop Bruno FORTE of Chieti-Vasto, Italy

VI. COMMISSION FOR THE MESSAGE

President

- Cardinal Gianfranco RAVASI, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Vatican City

Vice president

- Archbishop Victor Manuel FERNÁNDEZ, rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Argentina

VII. THE ORIENTAL CATHOLIC CHURCHES

Synod of the Coptic Catholic Church

His Beatitude Ibrahim Isaac SIDRAK, Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts, Head of the Synod of the Coptic Catholic Church

Synod of the Greek Melkite Catholic Church

His Beatitude Grégoire III LAHAM, B.S., Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites, Head of the Synod of the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church

Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church

His Beatitude Ignace Youssif III YOUNAN, Patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians, Head of the Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church

Synod of the Maronite Catholic Church

His Beatitude Cardinal Bechara Boutros RAÏ, O.M.M., Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, Head of the Synod of the Maronite Catholic Church

Synod of the Chaldean Catholic Church

His Beatitude Louis Raphaël I SAKO, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Head of the Synod of the Chaldean Catholic Church

Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church

His Beatitude Nerses Bedros XIX TARMOUNI, Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians, Head of the Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church

Synod of the Greek-Catholic Ukrainian Church

His Beatitude Sviatoslav SHEVCHUK, major archbishop of Kyiv-Haly?, Head of the Synod of the Greek-Catholic Ukrainian Church

Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church

His Beatitude Cardinal George ALENCHERRY, major archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars, resident of the Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church

Synod of the Syro-Malankars

His Beatitude, Cardinal Baselios Cleemis THOTTUNKAL, major archbishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankars, president of the Synod of the Syro-Malankar Church, president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (C.B.C.I.)

Synod of the Romanian Church

His Beatitud, Cardinal Lucian MURE?AN, major archbishop of F?g?ras ?i Alba Iulia of the Romanians, Head of the Synod of the Romanian Church

Council of the Ethiopian Church

- Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew SOURAPHIEL, C.M. of Addis Abeba, president of the Council of the Ethiopian Church, president of the Assembly of Catholic Hierarchs of Ethiopia and Eritrea

Council of the Ruthenian Catholic Church, U.S.A.

Archbishop William Charles SKURLA, metropolitan of Pittsburgh of the Byzantines, president of the Council of the Ruthenian Catholic Church

Council of the Council of the Slovak Church

Archbishop Jan BABJAK, S.J., metropolitan of Prešov for Catholics of Byzantine rite, president of the Council of the Slovak Church

VIII. PRESIDENTS OF THE EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES

AFRICA

ANGOLA and SÃO TOMÉ

Archbishop Gabriel MBILINGI, C.S.SP., of Lubango, Angola, president of the Symposium des Conférences Episcopales d'Afrique et de Madagascar (S.C.E.A.M.)

BENIN

Bishop Eugéne Cyrille HOUNDÉKON of Abomey, deputy president of the Episcopal Conference

BOTSWANA, SOUTH AFRICA AND SWAZILAND

Archbishop Stephen BRISLIN of Cape Town, Kaapstad, South Africa

BURKINA FASO AND NIGER

Archbishop Paul Yembuado OUÉDRAOGO of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

BURUNDI

Bishop Gervais BANSHIMIYUBUSA of Ngozi

CAMEROON

Archbishop Samuel KLEDA of Douala

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Archbishop Dieudonné NZAPALAINGA, C.S.SP., of Bangui

CHAD

Bishop Jean-Claude BOUCHARD, O.M.I., of Pala

CONGO (Republic of)

Bishop Louis PORTELLA MBUYU of Kinkala

CONGO (Rep. Democrática del)

Bishop Nicolas DJOMO LOLA of Tshumbe

COTE D'IVOIRE

Archbishop Alexis TOUABLI YOULO of Agboville

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

Bishop Juan MATOGO OYANA, C.M.F., of Bata, deputy president of the Episcopal Conference

ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA

Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew SOURAPHIEL, C.M., of Addis Abeba, president of the Council of the Ethiopian Church

GABON

Bishop Mathieu MADEGA LEBOUAKEHAN of Mouila

GAMBIA AND SIERRA LEONE

Bishop Patrick Daniel KOROMA of Kenema

GHANA

Bishop Joseph OSEI-BONSU of Konongo-Mampong

GUINEA

Bishop Emmanuel FÉLÉMOU of Kankan

INDIAN OCEAN (C.E.D.O.I.)

Bishop Maurice PIAT, C.S.SP., of Port-Louis, Seychelles

KENYA

Cardinal John NJUE, archbishop of Nairobi

LESOTHO

Archbishop Gerard Tlali LEROTHOLI, O.M.I., of Maseru

LIBERIA

Bishop Anthony Fallah BORWAH of Gbarnga, deputy president of the Episcopal Conference

MADAGASCAR

Archbishop Desire TSARAHAZANA of Toamasina

MALAWI

Bishop Joseph Mukasa ZUZA of Mzuzu

MALI

Bishop Jean-Baptiste TIAMA of Sikasso

MOZAMBIQUE

Bishop Lúcio Andrice MUANDULA of Xai-Xai

NAMIBIA

Archbishop Liborius Ndumbukuti NASHENDA, O.M.I., of Windhoek

NIGERIA

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau KAIGAMA of Jos

NORTH AFRICA (C.E.R.N.A.)

Archbishop Vincent LANDEL, S.C.I. of Béth., of Rabat, Morocco

RWANDA

Bishop Smaragde MBONYINTEGE of Kabgayi

SENEGAL, MAURITANIA, CAPO VERDE AND GUINEA-BISSAU

Bishop Benjamin NDIAYE of Kaolack, Senegal

SUDAN

Cardinal Gabriel ZUBEIR WAKO, archbishop of Khartoum

TANZANIA

Bishop Tarcisius NGALALEKUMTWA of Iringa

TOGO

Bishop Benoit Comlan M. ALOWONOU of Kpalime

UGANDA

Archbishop John Baptist ODAMA of Gulu

ZAMBIA

Archbishop Ignatius CHAMA of Kasama, apostolic administrator “sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis” of Mpika

ZIMBABWE

Bishop Michael Dixon BHASERA of Masvingo

AMERICA

ANTILLES

Archbishop Patrick Christopher PINDER of Nassau, Trinidad and Tobago

ARGENTINA

Archbishop José María ARANCEDO of Santa Fe da la Vera Cruz

BOLIVIA

Archbishop Oscar Omar APARICIO CÉSPEDES, Military Ordinary of Bolivia

BRAZIL

Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno ASSIS, archbishop of Aparecida

CANADA

Archbishop Paul-André DUROCHER Gatineau

CHILE

Cardinal Ricardo EZZATI ANDRELLO, S.D.B., archbishop of Santiago de Chile

COLOMBIA

Archbishop Luis Augusto CASTRO QUIROGA, I.M.C., Tunja

COSTA RICA

Bishop Oscar Gerardo FERNÁNDEZ GUILLÉN of Puntarenas

CUBA

Archbishop Dionisio Guillermo GARCÍA IBÁÑEZ, of Santiago de Cuba

ECUADOR

Archbishop Fausto Gabriel TRÁVEZ TRÁVEZ, O.F.M., of Quito

EL SALVADOR

Archbishop Jose Luis ESCOBAR ALAS of San Salvador

GUATEMALA

Bishop Rodolfo VALENZUELA NÚÑEZ of Vera Paz

HAITI

Cardinal Chibly LANGLOIS, bishop of Les Cayes

HONDURAS

Cardinal Oscar A. RODRÍGUEZ MARADIAGA, S.D.B., archbishop of Tegucigalpa

MEXICO

Cardinal Francisco ROBLES ORTEGA, archbishop of Guadalajara

NICARAGUA

Bishop Sócrates René SÁNDIGO JIRÓN, of Juigalpa

PANAMA

Archbishop José Domingo ULLOA MENDIETA, O.S.A., of Panamá

PARAGUAY

Bishop Catalino Claudio GIMÉNEZ MEDINA, of the Schoenstatt Fathers, bishop of Caacupe

PERU

Archbishop Salvador PIÑEIRO GARCÍA-CALDERÓN of Ayacucho

PUERTO RICO

Archbishop Roberto Octavio GONZÁLEZ NIEVES, O.F.M., of San Juan de Puerto Rico

REPUBLICA DOMINICANA

Bishop Gregorio Nicanor PEÑA RODRÍGUEZ of Nuestra Senora de la Altagracia en Higüey

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Archbishop Joseph Edward KURTZ of Louisville

URUGUAY

Bishop Rodolfo Pedro WIRZ KRAEMER of Maldonado-Punta del Este

VENEZUELA

Archbishop Diego R. PADRÓN SÁNCHEZ of Cumaná

ASIA

ARAB STATES

His Beatitude Fouad TWAL, Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins

BANGLADESH

Archbishop Patrick D'ROZARIO, C.S.C., of Dhaka

CHINA

Archbishop John HUNG SHAN-CHUAN, S.V.D., of Taipei

EAST TIMOR

Bishop Basílio DO NASCIMENTO of Baucau

INDIA (C.C.B.I.)

Cardinal Oswald GRACIAS, Archbishop of Bombay, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (F.A.B.C.)

INDONESIA

Archbishop Ignatius SUHARYO HARDJOATMODJO of Jakarta

IRAN

Archbishop Thomas MERAM of Urmy?, Urmia, Rezayeh of the Chaldeans, deputy president of the Episcopal Conference

JAPAN

Archbishop Peter Takeo OKADA of Tokyo

KAZAKHSTAN

Archbishop Tomash PETA of Mary Most Holy in Astana

KOREA

Bishop Peter KANG U-IL of Cheju

LAOS and CAMBODIA

Bishop Louis-Marie Ling MANGKHANEKHOUN, Apostolic Vicar of Paksé (Laos)

MALAYSIA - SINGAPUR - BRUNEI

Archbishop John HA TIONG HOCK of Kuching, Malaysia

MYANMAR

Bishop Felix LIAN KHEN THANG of Kalay

PAKISTAN

Archbishop Joseph COUTTS of Karachi

PHILIPPINES

Archbishop Socrates B. VILLEGAS of Lingayen-Dagupan

SRI LANKA

Cardinal Albert Malcom Ranjith PATABENDIGE DON of Colombo

THAILAND

Archbishop Louis CHAMNIERN SANTISUKNIRAN of Thare and Nonseng

VIETNAM

Mons. Paul BÙI VĂN ĐỌC, archbishop coadjutor of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh

EUROPA

ALBANIA

Archbishop Angelo MASSAFRA, O.F.M., of Shkodrë-Pult

AUSTRIA

Cardinal Christoph SCHÖNBORN, O.P., archbishop of Vienna

BELGIUM

Archbishop André LÉONARD of Mechelen-Brussels

BELORUS

Archbishop Tadeusz KONDRUSIEWICZ of Minsk-Mohilev, deputy president of the Episcopal Conference

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Bishop Franjo KOMARICA of Banja Luka

BULGARIA

Bishop Christo PROYKOV, apostolic exarch of Sofia for Catholics of Byzantine Rite resident in Bulgaria

CROATIA

Cardinal Josip BOZANI?, archbishop of Zagreb, deputy president of the Episcopal Conference

CZECH REPUBLIC

Archbishop Jan GRAUBNER of Olomouc, deputy president of the Episcopal Conference

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Archbishop Paolo PEZZI, F.S.C.B., of Mother of God at Moscow

FRANCE

Archbishop Georges PONTIER of Marseilles

GERMANY

Cardinal Reinhard MARX, archbishop of Munich and Freising

GREAT BRITAIN:

ENGLAND AND WALES

Cardinal Vincent Gerard NICHOLS, archbishop of Westminster, England

SCOTLAND

Archbishop Philip TARTAGLIA of Glasgow

GREECE

Bishop Franghískos PAPAMANÓLIS, O.F.M. Cap., emeritus of Syros and Milos and of Santorini

HUNGARY

Cardinal Péter ERD?, archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, president of the Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae (C.C.E.E.)

INTERNATIONAL BISHOPS' CONFERENCE OF SAINTS CYRIL AND METHODIUS

Archbishop Zef GASHI, S.D.B., of Bar, Serbia

IRELAND

Archbishop Diarmuid MARTIN of Dublin, deputy president of the Episcopal Conference

ITALY

Cardinal Angelo BAGNASCO, archbishop of Genoa

LATVIA

Archbishop Zbig?ev STANKEVI?S of Riga, deputy president of the Episcopal Conference

LITHUANIA

Bishop Rimantas NORVILA of Vilkaviškis, deputy president of the Episcopal Conference

MALTA

Bishop Mario GRECH of Gozo

NETHERLANDS

Cardinal Willem Jacobus EIJK, archbishop of Utrecht

POLAND

Archbishop Stanis?aw G?DECKI, archbishop of Pozna?

PORTUGAL

Msgr. Manuel José MACÁRIO DO Nascimento CLEMENTE, Patriarch of Lisbon

ROMANIA

Archbishop Ioan ROBU of Bucure?ti, Bucharest

SCANDINAVIA

Bishop Anders ARBORELIUS, O.C.D., of Stockholm, Sweden

SLOVAKIA

Archbishop Stanislav ZVOLENSKÝ of Bratislava

SLOVENIA

Bishop Andrej GLAVAN of Novo Mesto

SPAIN

Archbishop Ricardo BLÁZQUEZ PÉREZ of Valladolid

SWITZERLAND

Bishop Markus BÜCHEL of Sankt Gallen

TURKEY

Archbishop Ruggero FRANCESCHINI, O.F.M. CAP., of Izmir

UKRAINE

Archbishop Mieczys?aw MOKRZYCKI of Lviv of the Latins

OCEANIA

AUSTRALIA

Archbishop Denis James HART of Melbourne

NEW ZEALAND

Archbishop John Atcherley DEW of Wellington, president of the Federation of Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Oceania (F.C.B.C.O)

PACIFIC

Bishop Soane Patita Paini MAFI of Tonga, Fiji

PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND SOLOMON ISLANDS

Bishop Arnold OROWAE of Wabag, Papua New Guinea

IX. NOMINEES FROM THE UNION OF SUPERIOR GENERALS

Rev. Fr. Adolfo NICOLÁS PACHÓN, S.J., prepositor general of the Society of Jesus

Rev. Fr. Mauro JÖHRI, O.F.M. Cap., minister general of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Rev. Fr. Mario ALDEGANI, C.S.I., father general of the Congregation of St. Joseph (Josephites of Murialdo)

X. HEADS OF THE DICASTERIES OF THE ROMAN CURIA

Cardinal Pietro PAROLIN, Secretary of State

Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig MÜLLER, prefect of the Congregration for the Doctrine of the Faith

Cardinal Leonardo SANDRI, prefect of the Congregration for the Oriental Churches

Cardinal Angelo AMATO, S.D.B., prefect of the Congregration for the Causes of Saints

Cardinal Marc OUELLET, P.S.S., prefect of the Congregration for Bishops

Cardinal Fernando FILONI, prefect of the Congregration for the Evangelisation of Peoples

Cardinal Beniamino STELLA, prefect of the Congregration for the Clergy

Cardinal João Braz de AVIZ, prefect of the Congregration for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life

Cardinal Zenon GROCHOLEWSKI, prefect of the Congregration for Catholic Education

Cardinal Mauro PIACENZA, major penitentiary

Cardinal Raymond Leo BURKE, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Cardinal Stanis?aw RY?KO, prefect of the Pontifical Council for the Laity

Cardinal Kurt KOCH, prefect of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

Archbishop Vincenzo PAGLIA, bishop emeritus of Terni-Narni-Amelia, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family

Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah TURKSON, prefect of the Pontifical Council “Justice and Peace”

Cardinal Robert SARAH, prefect of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”

Cardinal Antonio Maria VEGLIÒ, president of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant Peoples

Archbishop Zygmunt ZIMOWSKI, bishop emeritus of Radom, president of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers

Cardinal Francesco COCCOPALMERIO, president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts.

Cardinal Jean-Louis TAURAN, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue

Cardinal Gianfranco RAVASI, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture

Archbishop Claudio Maria CELLI, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications

Archbishop Salvatore FISICHELLA, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelisation

Cardinal Domenico CALCAGNO, president of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Cardinal Giuseppe VERSALDI, president of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

XI. MEMBERS OF THE ORDINARY COUNCIL

Cardinal Timothy Michael DOLAN, archbishop of New York, U.S.A.

Cardinal Péter ERD?, archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary, president of the Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae (C.C.E.E.)

Msgr. Bruno FORTE, archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, Italy

Cardinal Oswald GRACIAS, archbishop of Bombay, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (F.A.B.C.), India

Cardinal Laurent MONSENGWO PASINYA, archbishop of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Cardinal Wilfrid Fox NAPIER, O.F.M., archbishop of Durban, South Africa

Cardinal George PELL, prefect of the Secretariat of the Economy, Vatican City

Cardinal Odilo Pedro SCHERER, archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil

Cardinal Christoph SCHÖNBORN, O.P., archbishop of Vienna, Austria

His Beatitude Sviatoslav SHEVCHUK, major archbishop of Kyiv-Haly?, Head of the Synod of the Greek-Catholic Ukrainian Church, Ukraine

Bishop Santiago Jaime SILVA RETAMALES, auxiliary of Valparaíso, Chile, secretary general of the Latin American and Caribbean Bishops' Conferences (C.E.L.AM.)

Cardinal Luis Antonio G. TAGLE, archbishop of Manila, Philippines

Cardinal Donald William WUERL, archbishop of Washington, U.S.A.

Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah TURKSON, president of the Pontifical Council “Justice and Peace”, Vatican City

Archbishop Salvatore FISICHELLA, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelisation, Vatican City

XII. PONTIFICAL APPOINTEES

Cardinal Angelo SODANO, dean of the College of Cardinals, Vatican City

Cardinal Godfried DANNEELS, archbishop emeritus of Mechelen-Brussels, Belgium

Cardinal Walter KASPER, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Vatican City

Cardinal Angelo SCOLA, archbishop of Milan, Italy

Cardinal Carlo CAFFARRA, archbishop of Bologna, Italy

Cardinal Lluís MARTÍNEZ SISTACH, archbishop of Barcelona, Spain

Cardinal André VINGT-TROIS, archbishop of Paris, France

Cardinal John TONG HON, bishop of Hong Kong (Xianggang), China

Cardinal Orani João TEMPESTA, O. Cist., archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cardinal Andrew YEOM SOO-JUNG, archbishop of Seoul, Korea

Cardinal Philippe Nakellentuba OUÉDRAOGO, archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Cardinal Fernando SEBASTIÁN AGUILAR, C.M.F., archbishop emeritus of Pamplona and Tudela, Spain

Cardinal Elio SGRECCIA, president emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Italy

Cardinal Giuseppe BERTELLO, president of the Governorate of Vatican City State, Vatican City

Archbishop Giovanni TONUCCI of Loreto, Italy

Archbishop Edoardo MENICHELLI of Ancona-Osimo, Italy

Archbishop Carlos AGUIAR RETES of Tlalnepantla, Mexico, president of the Latin American and Caribbean Bishops' Conferences (C.E.L.AM.)

Archbishop Anil Joseph Thomas COUTO of Delhi, India

Archbishop Victor Manuel FERNÁNDEZ, rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Argentina

Bishop Alonso Gerardo GARZA TREVIÑO of Piedras Negras, Mexico

Bishop Edgard Amine MADI of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo de los Maronitas, Brazil

Bishop Enrico SOLMI of Parma, president of the Commission for Life and the Family of the Italian Episcopal Conference, Italy

Bishop Pio Vito PINTO, dean of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, Vatican City

Rev. Fr. François-Xavier DUMORTIER, S.J., rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome, Italy

Rev. Fr. Antonio SPADARO, S.J., Director of the journal “La Civiltà Católica”, Italy

Rev. Fr. Manuel Jesús ARROBA CONDE, C.M.F., professor of canon law at the Pontifical Lateran University of Rome, Italy

XIII. UNDER SECRETARY OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS

Bishop Fabio FABENE, Vatican City

B LIST OF OTHER PARTICIPANTS ACCORDING TO ORDER OF PARTICIPATION

I. COLLABORATORS OF THE SPECIAL SECRETARY

Msgr.Tony ANATRELLA, psychoanalyst, specialist in social psychiatry, consultor of the Pontifical Council for the Family, consultor of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers, France

Rev. Gérard BERLIET, professor of Sacred Scriptures in the provincial seminary of Lyons, head of pastoral care of divorced and remarried faithful for the diocese of Dijon, France

Rev. Fr. Bruno ESPOSITO. O.P., professor and ordinary in canon law at the Pontifical University St. Thomas Aquinas, Italy

Rev. Fr. Alfonso FERNÁNDEZ BENITO, professor of moral theology and the sacrament of marriage in the “San Ildefonso” Higher Institute for Theological Studies, director of the Institute for Religious Sciences of Santa Maria de Toledo, Spain

Rev. Fr. Arul Raj GALI, C.S.C., national director of the “Holy Cross Family Ministries in India”, India

Jeffrey GOH, professor of systematic theology in the Archdiocesan Seminary of Kuching, Malaysia; judge of the Ecclesiastical Tribunal of Kuching, Malaysia

Rev. Maurizio GRONCHI, professor and ordinary in dogmatic theology at the Urbanian Pontifical University of Rome; consultor of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Italy

Rodrigo GUERRA LÓPEZ, director general of the Centro de Investigación Social Avanzada [CISAV], Mexico

Jocelyne KHOUEIRY, member of the Episcopal Commission for the Family and Life, APECL, Lebanon

Helen Kyung Soo KWON, member of the executive committee of the “Helen Kim Scholarship Foundation” at Ewha Women's University, Korea

Rev. Fr. Sabatino MAJORANO, C.SS.R., professor of systematic moral theology at the Alphonsianum Academy, Rome, Italy

Christopher Laurence MENEY, director of the Centre for Life, Marriage and the Family of the archdiocese of Sydney, Australia

MIANO - DE SIMONE

Giuseppina DE SIMONE in MIANO, extraordinary professor of philosophy at the Theological Faculty of Southern Italy in Naples, Italy

Francesco MIANO, professor and ordinary in moral philosophy at the “Tor Vergata” University of Rome and ex-president of Italian Catholic Action, Italy

Carmen PEÑA GARCÍA, specialist in marriage, professor in the faculty of canon law at the Pontifical University of Comillas, defender of the bond and promotor of justice of the Metropolitan Tribunal of Madrid, Spain

Rev. Fr. George Henri RUYSSEN, S.J., professor in the faculty of Oriental canon law in the Oriental Pontifical Institute of Rome, Belgium

II. AUDITORS

Messrs AS ZAMBERLINE

Arturo and Hermelinda AS ZAMBERLINE, heads of the “Équipe Notre-Dame” for the super-region of Brazil, Brazil

Messrs AZZO and HABEEB

Riyadh Albeer Naoom AZZO and Sanaa Namir Ibrahim HABEEB, witnesses of Christian family life in an Islamic context, Iraq

Messrs BOTOLO and KISANGA SOSAWE

León BOTOLO and Marie Valentine KISANGA SOSAWE, founders of the Communauté Famille Chrétienne, Democratic Republic of Congo

Zelmira María BOTTINI DE REY, director of the institute for Couples and Families of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina; president of the Latin-American Network of Institutes for the Family in Catholic Universities, Argentina

CAMPOS

George CAMPOS, director of Couples for Christ, Philippines, and Cynthia CAMPOS, member of Couples for Christ, Philippines

Inácio Amândio CHAÚQUE, formator of young couples, Mozambique

Joan CLEMENTS, director of the managing board of the World Organisation Ovulation Method Billings (WOOMB), Australia

Messrs CONWAY

Stephen and Sandra CONWAY, regional heads for Africa de Retrouvailles, South Africa

Dr. Ute EBERL, head of family and matrimonial pastoral in Berlin, Germany

Messrs JESEN ACUÑA - ESCUDERO

Ms Pilar ESCUDERO DE JENSEN, member of the vicariate general for Pastoral Care of the archdiocese of Santiago de Chile; member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity; member of the Schoenstatt Institute for Families, Chile

Luis JENSEN ACUÑA, member of the Bioethical Centre of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile; president of the “Fundación Médico Cultural Porta Vitae”; member of the Schoenstatt Institute for Families, Chile

GATSINGA - TUMUHAYIMPUNDU

Dr Jean Dieudonné GATSINGA and Emerthe GATSINGA TUMUHAYIMPUNDU, responsible for young families in the Focolari movement for Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and Uganda (Rwanda)

Messrs HEINZEN

Mr Jeffrey HEINZEN, director of Natural Family Planning in the diocese of La Crosse, U.S.A. Mrs Alice HEINZEN, member of the Natural Family Planning Advisory Board of the Episcopal Conference (U.S.A.)

Dr Ilva Myriam HOYOS CASTAÑEDA, delegate procurator for the Defence of the Rights of Childhood, Adolescence and the Family, Colombia

Messrs KHOURY

Sélim and Rita KHOURY, heads of the Office for Family Pastoral Care in the Patriarchal Curia of Antioch of the Maronites, Lebanon

María LACALLE NORIEGA, director of the Francisco de Vitoria Centre for Family Studies and Social and Economic Studies; secretary general of the Spanish Society for Bioethics and Biojustice, Spain

Rev. Cajetan MENEZES, director of the Apostolate for the Family in Bombay, India

Messrs PETRACCA CIAVARELLA and MIGLIONICO

Giuseppe PETRACCA CIAVARELLA and Lucia MIGLIONICO in PETRACCA CIAVARELLA, medical doctors, members of the National Advisory Council for Family Pastoral Care, Italy

Sister Margaret MULDOON, ex superior general of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Burdeos, Ireland

Francisco PADILLA, head of the Couples for Christ Movement Foundation for family and life, Philippines

Algirdas PETRONIS, deputy president of the International Federation for Catholic Families. Director of the Family Centre of the archdiocese of Vilnius, Lithuania

Messrs PIROLA

Romano and Mavis PIROLA, directors of Australian Catholic Marriage and Family Council, Australia

Messrs ROUSSY

Olivier and Xristilla ROUSSY, heads of the apostolic branch of Amour et Vérité, France

Messrs SCHULTZ

Steve and Claudia SCHULTZ, members of the International Catholic Engaged Encounter (U.S.A.)

Michèle TAUPIN, president of the Espérance et Vie movement, France

Jeannette TOURÉ, national president of the Association of Catholic Women in Cote d'Ivoire [AFEC], Cote d'Ivoire.

C. LIST OF FRATERNAL DELEGATES

Ecumenical Patriarchate

His Eminence ATHENAGORAS, metropolitan of Belgium

Patriarchate of Moscow

His Eminence HILARION, president of the Department of External Church Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow, Russian Federation

Coptic Orthodox Church

His Eminence BISHOY, metropolitan of Damietta, Kafr Elsheikh and Elbarari, Egypt

Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch

His Eminence Mar YOSTINOS, archbishop of Zhale and Bekau, Lebanon

Anglican Communion

His Grace Paul BUTLER, bishop of Durham, England, Great Britain

Lutheran World Federation

Mr Ndanganeni Petrus PHASWAHA, president of the Lutheran Evangelical Church in South Africa

World Communion of Reformed Churches

Rev. Benebo FUBARA-MANUEL, president of the Nigerian Communion of Reformed Churches, Nigeria

Baptist World Alliance

Valérie DUVAL-POUJOL, professor of biblical exegesis at the Catholic Institute of Paris, France.

(Emer McCarthy)