Synod will continue work of Vatican II, Vatican statement says (General Secretariat of the Synod)

The General Secretariat for the Synod has released a statement, timed for the 60th anniversary of the opening of Vatican II, saying that the 2020 Synod on Synodality will continue the work of that Council.

The statement says that the work of the Synod is “to The Secretariat’s Message recalls that the Synod’s purpose is “to prolong, in the life and mission of the Church, the spirit of the Second Vatican Council.” The message says:

The concept of “Synodality” is found throughout the Council, even though this term (only recently coined) is not found expressly in the documents of the ecumenical assembly.