Explore the Key Topics of the Synod’s Final Document

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🌍 PROGRAM
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MOOC: Key Topics of the Synod’s Final Document, by the Pan-American Synodal Ecosystem “TOGETHER – JUNTOS”

Access to the VIDEOS: https://together.celam.org 🌍 Videos available from October 20th, 2025

This course is part of the living synodal journey of the Church: a process of listening, discernment, and shared construction. Over eight thematic modules, you will find short videos (8–10 minutes) by international experts offering a clear and dynamic introduction to the main themes of the Final Document of the XVI General Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops. More than a course of contents, this is an experience of formation and commitment where the Word of God, the memory of the journey, and the voice of the People of God come together in a living dialogue.

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📚 Topics and Speakers

📌 Institutional Messages
• Mons. Lizardo Estrada OSA – CELAM
• José Luis Loyola MSpS – CLAR
• Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator SJ – SCU-JST
• Card. Mario Grech – General Secretariat of the Synod

📌 The Synodal Process
• The Synodal Process – Agenor Brighenti
• The Magisterial Authority of the Final Document – Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich
• The Implementation Phase: “Pathways” – Giacomo Costa SJ

📌 Presentation of the Final Document: the five parts
1. Nathalie Becquart XMCJ
2. Ernesto Palafox
3. Margit Eckholt
4. Daniela Cannavina HCMR
5. Gloria Liliana Franco ODN

📌 A Synodal Church
• The Church as the People of God and Baptismal Dignity – Carlos M. Galli
• A Constitutively Synodal Church – Riccardo Battocchio
• Relational Conversion – Klara A. Csiszar

📌 A Relational Church
• Women’s Leadership – Birgit Weiler
• Charisms, Vocations, and Ministries – Serena Noceti
• The Laity and Instituted Ministries – Carmen Peña

📌 Authority and Power
• Ordained Ministry in a Synodal Church – Dario Vitali
• The Bishop and the Local Church – Card. Roberto Repole
• Co-Governance and Shared Decisions – Mons. Raúl Biord

📌 Dynamics of Participation
• The Sensus Fidei of the Whole People of God – Rafael Luciani
• Conversation in the Spirit – Pedro Brassesco
• Managing Consensus and Dissent – Francesco Zaccaria

📌 Structures of Participation
• Participatory Bodies in a Synodal Church – Carolina Bacher
• Decision-Making Processes in Ecclesial Structures – Alphonse Borras
• Accountability: Transparency, Responsibility, and Evaluation – Myriam Wijlens

📌 Open Perspectives
• The Canonical Dimension of the Final Document – José San José Prisco
• Social Doctrine and Prophecy in the Final Document – Sr. Iris Altagracia González
• Mission in the Digital Culture – Mons. Lucio Adrián Ruiz

🌍 A Global Invitation. This course is free, asynchronous, and open to all. Follow it at your own pace: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2025-09/celam-theological-center-presents-pan-american-ecosystem-project.html