Francis: Synod Document Is "New Feature" in Exercise of Papal Authority
Then Francis proclaims: "The Final Document participates in the ordinary Magisterium of the Successor of Peter, and as such I ask that it be accepted."
He adds that "this exercise of papal teaching has new features" but is in line with his own previous statements.
This authoritative teaching is "not strictly normative" and its application "will require several mediations".
Francis encourages the bishops to go beyond existing Church laws and proceed "to the creative activation of new forms of ministry".
During future ad limina visits, each bishop will report on how and what he has implemented from the ex-synod's document.
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