Synod: Official text of pope's reflection
On Tuesday, Oct. 14, Pope Benedict XVI spoke for the first time during the Synod of Bishops on "The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church," working from notes he had taken in a small notebook during the first round of speech-making. On Saturday, Oct. 18, the Vatican released a much-anticipated official text of those remarks. During a Thursday press conference, Jesuit Fr.