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11. Pontifical secret: The pontifical secret is one that is kept, according to the norms of the Church, with greater reserve and discretion than normal. It must be kept as a “serious obligation” and is regulated by the Secret instruction continere of 1974, of Pope Paul VI. This measure, the violation of which implies a sanction, does not apply to the interventions of this Synod.
12. Confidentiality: The rules that members must follow were published this week, on the first day of the Synod, and specify that “each of the participants is obliged to maintain privacy and confidentiality both with respect to their own interventions and with respect to the interventions of the other participants.”
13. Holy Spirit: He is the third person of the Holy Trinity. On more than one occasion the Pope has recalled that he is the “protagonist” of the Synod and that everyone must be open to Him.
14. Facilitator: The experts who help the working groups or smaller circles to ensure “the flow of the process in which the Holy Spirit is the main protagonist,” explains the Synod Secretariat.
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