Bishop Martinelli Discusses Characteristics of Church in Libya

(21 Oct 09 - RV) The second special assembly of the synod of bishops for Africa  is intro its third and final week of deliberations. The synod fathers today went into small working sessions to discuss the draft propositions that will be presented in their final form to the Holy Father at the end of the assembly. Bishop Giovanni Martinelli is the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, the capital city of Libya, where there are roughly 100 thousand Christians, none native to the North African country…