Q: I am wondering about the process of creating the final reflection document. As I understand it there will be a hearing this evening where bishops will discuss the latest draft and then the final version will be produced tomorrow. Will there be some meeting or some sort of final acceptance tomorrow?
A: What will happen, I assume, is that today’s draft will go to the 5:00pm hearing and then to indaba tomorrow and at that stage we will have a final document to be affirmed at the plenary tomorrow
Q: That is a different schedule than Paul gave a moment ago. He said we would have the final draft this evening.
A: We have to allow for the possibility of some feedback in indabas on Sunday, that is a possibility
Q: I have a question about the Covenant. What is the situation with that, are you hoping that you will have a show of hands or some indication of support?
A: yesterday they looked at the Covenant in two sessions. In the morning they looked at the covenant in principle and in the afternoon they looked more closely at the details. And at the end of that they even answered a questionnaire. These will be gathered and sent to the Design Group meeting in September. They intend to produce a lambent commentary that includes the bishops’ reflections at that meeting. If all of that happens, the commentary will be sent to the provinces so they can use it in their own reflections.
Q: Will there be some sort of vote or show of support for the final draft of the Reflections document?
A: No it will be affirmed in indaba.
There’s no weight to anything in regard to Lambeth 2008, which is precisely what was intended.