Bp Wanok: Synod discerns voice of the Spirit

“Coming here for the first time was a very moving and nice experience with the more experienced cardinals and bishops from all over the world.” Bishop Sanctus Lino Wanok of Nebbia is in Rome as one of the representatives of the Ugandan Bishops’ Conference. He spoke about his experience at the Synod of Bishops with Father Moses Hamungole, the head of Vatican Radio's English in Africa Section. “Entering into the prayer and reflection together with the pope and all the other attendants, we found an atmosphere of really discerning what the Spirit is speaking to the whole Church in the world. It was a very moving experience.”

Bishop Wanok spoke about the atmosphere within the Synod all. “I believe we are really guided by the Spirit, as you could see in the Synod Hall, how the Fathers were trying to make interventions, and making propositions in the small circles of discussions – everybody respecting every voice that comes, and tries to take note of it in order to discern the voice of the Spirit.”

That discernment of the Spirit, he said, will influence the final report of the Synod: “And at the end of it, how this has been put together, in order to come out with the later document, we believe that the document will be very rich with the real voice of the Spirit for the Church and for the whole people of the world.”

Listen to Fr Moses Hamungole’s interview with Bishop Sanctus Lino Wanok of Nebbi, Uganda: