By Chainarong Monthienvichienchai
THAILAND – The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Thailand (CBCT) has taken a decisive step in embracing synodality, aligning its pastoral direction with the universal Church’s implementation phase of the Synod on Synodality.
Drawing on the Pathways for the Implementation Phase of the Synod—a key interpretive and operational document issued by the Vatican’s General Secretariat earlier this year—Thai Catholic leadership has embarked on a structured journey of discernment, participation, and action through 2028.
Earlier this year, the Vatican published the Pathways for the Implementation Phase of the Synod, which provides a shared framework to assist local Churches worldwide in walking together in a synodal manner.
It clarifies the objectives of this phase, defines roles for diocesan bishops, synodal teams, and ecclesial bodies, and recommends tools—such as communal discernment—to sustain momentum toward the Ecclesial Assembly in Rome in October 2028.
In Thailand, the CBCT initiated its implementation efforts with a national meeting this month. Participants included vicars general from all eleven dioceses and leaders of the four principal episcopal offices.
The gathering opened with a lecture titled Pathways for the Implementation of the Synod, which offered theological and practical guidance on understanding and enacting the Vatican’s implementation framework.
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