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Synod 2023: Participants to Include Two Bishops From Mainland China, Archbishop Paglia
The Vatican also published Thursday a general schedule for the October assembly, which will begin with an opening Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 4 and close with Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 29.