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Document final — Les jeunes

DFJ · Synod of Bishops · 2018 · EN · 167 paragraphs · vatican.va ↗

The experience of “walking together” as the People of God helps us to understand more and more deeply the sense of authority as service. Pastors need to have the capacity to increase cooperation in witness and mission and to accompany processes of joint discernment so as to interpret the signs of the times in the light of faith and under the guidance of the Spirit, with all the members of the community contributing, starting with those on the margins.Church leaders with these capacities need a specific formation for synodality.In this regard, it would seem desirable to devise joint formation courses for young lay people, young religious and seminarians, especially where matters like the exercise of authority or collaborative ministry are concerned. A style for mission