Pope Francis attends the final session of the Synod of
Bishops for the Amazon Oct. 26 at the Vatican. Also pictured are
Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops,
and Cardinal Claudio Hummes, relator general of the synod. (CNS/Paul
Haring)
On 18 October 2019, the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) presented the official Catholic Response to The Church: Towards a Common Vision
(TCTCV), Faith and Order Paper No.214, published in 2013. Passing
through many intermediate stages, the TCTCV is the result of two decades
of intense theological work prepared by Orthodox, Anglican, Protestant,
Evangelical, Pentecostal and Roman Catholic theologians. It aims to be a
‘convergence text’ and explores what can be said together on the Church
at the present stage of the ecumenical discussion on ecclesiology.