Vatican City, Oct 23, 2019 / 11:24 am (CNA).- As the Amazon synod nears a close, a communications official downplayed Wednesday the importance of the assembly’s final report, saying it is not an official Church document, but merely an “instrument” in the synodal journey.

Fr. Giacomo Costa, S.J., communications secretary for the Amazon synod, told journalists Oct. 23 that the assembly’s final document “is not the objective of the synod, but an instrument for going forward all together.”