Originally published at National Catholic Register
The Vatican said in a press release that the council will play a ‘fundamental role…in the implementation of this synodal process on synodality.’
Members of a Vatican council poised to play an important role in implementing the results of the Synod on Synodality — including an increasingly prominent American bishop — were elected Oct. 23 in Rome.
Delegates at the synod, including 96 non-bishops, voted to select 12 bishops to serve on the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod in the closing days of this year’s session, according to a Vatican statement.
Among those elected was Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, Texas. As the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops’ doctrinal head, Bishop Flores has played a critical role in facilitating the diocesan and national stages of the Synod on Synodality in the U.S. Pope Francis also picked him to serve as one of nine “presidential delegates” at the synod sessions in Rome in 2023 and again this year.
Bishop Flores replaced Cardinal Joseph Tobin of the Archdiocese of Newark as the only American member of the council, which is chaired by the Pope.
Pope Francis will select an additional four members of the council, and
