Usccb Clips

The working document for the Synod of Bishops in October was released by the Vatican on June 20th. The document will form the basis for the discernment and discussion for the participants of the first session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops to be held in October 2023 in the Vatican. Read the CNS story (https://www.usccb.org/news/2023/synod-document-asks-how-increase-unity-participation-mission-outreach). Press release (https://www.usccb.org/news/2023/usccb-welcomes-release-instrumentum-laboris-first-session-xvi-ordinary-general-assembly). The Archdiocese of St. Louis held its second annual ‘Forgive Us Our Trespasses’ Maafa and prayer service to remember enslaved persons and acknowledge the archdiocese’s involvement with the institution of slavery. Read the story from the St. Louis Review (https://www.archstl.org/-forgive-us-our-trespasses-maafa-and-prayer-service-remembers-enslaved-persons-8740). Learn about the USCCB Subcommittee on African American Affairs (https://www.uscc