Synod of Bishops in the Catholic Church | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-03-26

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00:01:22 1 Establishment and nature
00:04:36 2 Secretariat and Council
00:05:26 2.1 Secretaries-General of the Synod of Bishops
00:06:18 3 Powers of the Pope
00:07:18 4 Assemblies
00:07:45 4.1 Ordinary general assemblies
00:10:26 4.2 Extraordinary general assemblies
00:11:12 4.3 Special assemblies
00:11:51 5 Chronology
00:12:04 5.1 Ordinary General
00:12:13 5.2 Extraordinary General
00:12:22 5.3 Special
00:12:31 6 See also



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In the Roman Catholic Church, the Synod of Bishops is an advisory body for the Pope.  It is described in the Code of Canon Law (CIC) as "a group of bishops who have been chosen from different regions of the world and meet together at fixed times to foster closer unity between the Roman Pontiff and bishops, to assist the Roman Pontiff with their counsel in the preservation and growth of faith and morals and in the observance and strengthening of ecclesiastical discipline, and to consider questions pertaining to the activity of the Church in the world."The Synod of Bishops is permanent, even when not in session. Periodically, it holds assemblies, which are either general, if called to consider matters directly concerning the universal Church, or special, if called for problems of a particular geographical area.  The general assemblies are either ordinary (held at fixed intervals) or extraordinary (held to treat of some urgent matter).The Synod of Bishops also has a permanent secretariat headquartered in Rome but is not part of the Roman Curia. Pope Francis greatly increased both the authority and influence of the Synod in September 2018.