Bishops to draft proposals; Pennsylvania prelates elected to help

Published: 2005-10-11

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Members of the Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist were to begin drafting proposals Oct. 13, working in small groups to come up with suggestions to present to Pope Benedict XVI. Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia was elected Oct. 5 to moderate the discussions of "English Group A," and "English Group B" elected Bishop Donald W. Wuerl of Pittsburgh to be its recording secretary. The more than 250 synod participants have been divided into 12 small groups. English, French and Spanish speakers have three groups each, while Italian speakers have two groups and there is one German-language group. The recording secretaries from each group are scheduled to report on the preliminary discussions late Oct. 14.

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