(20 Oct 08 - RV)The 12th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops goes into
its third week here at the Vatican.For the past couple of days the Synod fathers have
been discussing the various interventions on the Word of God in the Life and Mission
of the Church that were made in the first week and a half of meetings. Auxiliary Bishop
Pablo Virgilio David of the Archdiocese of San Fernando in the Philippines
spoke to Philippa Hitchen about how much Filipinos cling to the Word of God, even
when they are abroad...