Fr Carlito Da Costa Araújo (Provincial Delegate for Timor-Leste) attended the Asian Continental Assembly on Synodality in Bangkok from 22-27 February, representing the religious in Timor-Leste.
Fr Carlito (left) is pictured with fellow Timorese, Cardinal Virgilio do Carmo da Silva (centre) and Fr Joel Casimiro Pinto, ofm (right - Rector of Catholic University, Timor-Leste.)
Among other representatives participating were 6 Cardinals, 23 Bishops, 28 Priests, 4 Women religious, 12 Lay women and 7 Lay men from 23 of the 29 members of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences.
A press release noted the themes that emerged in the provisional draft: “experience of Joy, of Walking Together, the Experience of Wounds, and the Call to Embrace New Pathways…Living Synodality, Decision-Making, Priestly Vocations, Youth, Poor, Religious Conflicts and Clericalism.” (Sr Bernadette M Reis, fsp, Bangkok/Vatican News).
