United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

• In his prayer intention for the month of October, Pope Francis invites us to pray for a “a synodal lifestyle as a sign of co-responsibility,” which promotes “the participation, communion and mission shared by priests, religious and laity.”
• As the General Assembly of the Synod begins, Pope Francis reaffirms that “priests are not the bosses of the laity, but their pastors” and that “Jesus called us, one and others – not one above others, or one on one side and others on another side, but complementing each other.”
• Whether someone is a “bus driver,” a “farmer,” or a “fisher,” the pope says the mission is the same in the Video that accompanies his prayer: “to witness with our lives,” “everyone contributing what they know how to do best.”

Mrs. Suzanne Healy, Chair of the National Review Board interviewed the former Chair of the Committee on the Protection of Children and Young People (CPCYP), Most Rev. James V. Johnston, Jr., Bishop of Kansas City, St. Joseph, and Most Rev. Barry C. Knestout, Bishop of Richmond, Chair of the CPCYP.

Bishop Andrew Cozzens, chairman of the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis, gives the mission and vision of the National Eucharistic Revival set to officially launch on Corpus Christi Sunday in 2022.