” ” ” “"Each one of the 24 General Congregations said today the secretary general of the Episcopal Synod, mgr. Nikola Eteroviæ will start and end in prayer" which will "also accompany the ecumenical meeting of Saturday 18th October". In the Synodal hall, Benedict XVI and the ecumenical patriarch Bartholomew I will officiate the first Vespers of the XXIX Sunday of the Ordinary Time". Then, added Eteroviæ, "they will give their speeches on the subject of God’s Word, with special reference to the Pauline Year. It will be the first time that the ecumenical patriarch will speak to the synodal fathers. He will give the regards of the particular Churches that the Apostle of the People founded before he went to Rome, where he was martyred. On his part, Benedict XVI will obviously welcome the ecumenical patriarch with a fraternal embrace, illustrating the importance of Saint Paul’s mission in Rome, a city that jealously and proudly guards the mortal spoils of two pillars of the Church, Peter and Paul, as well as their rich apostolic tradition". ” “
