As the implementation phase of the 2021-2024 Synod on synodality continues, leaders of continental bishops’ assemblies began three days of meetings in Rome today to prepare for the synodal assemblies of 2027-2028.
The implementation phase culminates in an ecclesial assembly in Rome in October 2028. Prior to that, diocesan assemblies are scheduled to take place during the first half of 2027; national assemblies, during the second half of 2027; and continental assemblies, during the first four months of 2028 (Towards the Assemblies 2027-2028, p. 5).