On July 7, Pope Francis traveled to Bari, in southern Italy. It was the Holy Father's third visit to the region this year.
The first concrete fruit of the Synod is this document full of various proposals. The bishops have given it to Pope Francis and the pope usually uses it to write a magisterial text, technically called an "apostolic exhortation."
The World Meeting of Families in Dublin was the ninth encounter. The first was organized by John Paul II in Rome in 1994.
The pope traveled to Geneva on June 21 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the most important ecumenical institution that exists, the World Council of Churches.
