The Vatican has approved the selection four senior American Catholic prelates to the highly anticipated Synod on Scripture in October.
The four prelates, who were elected by their peers last November in Baltimore and approved by the Vatican earlier this year, are: Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, president of the USCCB and Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson, vp of the USCCB, the newly incarnadined Daniel DiNardo of Houston and Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington.
The theme of the synod is: The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church.
