We benefitted greatly from the contributions of the bishops’ conferences and from the insights of pastors, religious, laypersons, experts, teachers and many others. From the outset young people were involved in the synodal process: the online questionnaire, the large number of personal testimonies and above all the Presynodal Meeting were an eloquent indication of this. Their contribution was essential, just as in the account of the loaves and the fish: Jesus was able to perform the miracle thanks to the availability of a young man who generously offered what he had (cf. Jn 6:8-11). All of this was summarized in the Instrumentum Laboris, which provided a solid basis for discussion throughout the weeks of the Assembly. This Final Document now collects the results of this process and directs it to the future: it expresses what the Synod Fathers recognized, interpreted and decided in the light of God’s word.
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