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16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops

The final document of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops was released from Rome on Saturday. Rather than issuing a post-synod Apostolic Exhortation, Pope Francis made the decision to release the synod document itself – as it was approved on the synod floor – to be received and responded to in action by the Catholic faithful throughout the world.  You can read the working English translation below