The Reverend Prof. Jong Chun Park spent October 2024 in Rome at the invitation of Pope Francis as a fraternal delegate (or non-Catholic delegate) representing the World Methodist Council to the Catholic Church’s 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops. Prof. Park, immediate past president of the World Methodist Council, participated in all aspects and deliberations of the Synod except voting. Prof. Park is a theologian from Korea, former seminary president, and pastor in the Korean Methodist Church.
During his four-week residency in October 2024, Prof. Park made four short videos about the work of the Synod and his experiences thereof.
In his first video, Prof. Park speaks from the Hall of Paul VI in the Vatican as the Synod opened on Wednesday, 4 October 2024.
Prof. Jong Chun Park in this second video shares briefly about how the Synod’s work is structured and the topics explored in first two weeks of the Synod on Synodality.
In his third video, Prof. Park speaks about ‘Places’ – the theme of the third week of the Synod on Synodality – and the role of primacy in the synodal process.
The Rev. Prof. Jong Chun Park talks about the final document of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops of the Catholic Church in his final video from Rome. The Synod approved the final document on Saturday, 26 October 2024, and it was immediately ratified by Pope Francis. In this 5 minute video, Prof. Park lays out the structure of the final document and gives brief commentary on the various sections.
All of Prof. Park’s videos are available on the MEOR channel on YouTube.
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