Introduction: "A Moment of Grace" -- pt. 1. Preparatory Phase -- 1. Lineamenta -- 2. Responses of the Asian Episcopal Conferences to the Lineamenta -- Catholic Bishops' Conference of India -- Catholic Bishops' Conference of Indonesia -- Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan -- Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea -- Catholic Bishops' Conference of Laos -- Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei -- Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines -- Catholic Bishops' Conference of Sri Lanka -- Catholic Bishops' Conference of Taiwan -- Catholic Bishops' Conference of Thailand -- Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam -- 3. Theological Evaluation -- Expectations from the Synod of Asia / Michael Amaladoss -- Responses of the Indonesian and Japanese Bishops to the Lineamenta / Jonathan Y. Tan -- 4. Instrumentum Laboris -- pt. 2. Synod in Action -- 5. What the Synod Participants Were Saying -- I. The Relatio ante Disceptationem -- II. Participants' Interventions -- Formation for Religious in the Context of Asian Realities Today / Arturo M. Bastes -- Women in the Church / Crisostomo A. Yalung -- Use of Mass Media in Evangelization / Ramon Villena -- Inculturation as Dialogue / Francisco Claver -- Evangelization and Culture / Leo Jun Ikenaga -- Pastoral Life in Asia and "The Principle of Graduality" / Berard T. Oshikawa -- World Peace and Evangelization in Asia / Stephen Fumio Hamao -- Baptism of Desire / Valerian D'Souza -- Indigenous and Tribal Peoples / Telesphore P. Toppo -- Leadership in the Church in Asia / Gratian Mundaban -- Bearing Witness to Jesus Christ in an Arab-Muslim World / Antoine Audo -- Oriental Churches of Western Asia / Cyrille Salim Bustros -- Church of China / John Tong Hon -- Church as Communion / Francis Hadisumaria -- Christianity and Buddhism / Bunluen Mansap -- Evangelization in Vietnam / Paul Nguyen Van Hoa -- Inculturation in the Context of the Veneration of Ancestors / Stephen Nguyen Nhu The -- 6. Synod in Discussion -- Report of Group Discussions: English Group A / Remigius Peter -- Report of Group Discussions: French Group B / Emile Destombes -- Report of Group Discussions: Italian Group / Armando Bortolasso -- 7. Synod's Propositions -- 8. Message of the Synod of Bishops for Asia -- 9. Ecclesia in Aisa: An Ecclesian Event -- pt. 3. Future of Asian Christianity -- 10. Looking into the Future -- 11. Synod for Asia: An Ecdesian Event of Communion and Shared Witness of Faith / Soosai Arokiasamy -- 12. Asian Churches' Awakening to Mission / James H. Kroeger -- 13. Challenges of Mission in Asia: A View from the Asian Synod / Luis Antonio Tagle -- 14. Mission in Asia: A Reflection on Ecclesia in Asia / Michael Amaladoss -- 15. Unfinished Encounter: A Note on the Voice and Tone of Ecclesia in Asia / John Mansford Prior -- 16. Ecclesia in Asia: Challenges for Asian Christianity / Peter C. Phan -- 17. Inculturation of Christianity into Asia: Reflections on the Asian Synod / Vu Kim Chinh -- 18. Of Fork and Spoon on Fingers and Chopsticks: Interreligious Dialogue in Ecclesia in Asia / Edmund Chia -- App. Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia in Asia.