(news.va) On the afternoon of 24 February the Council was presided over by the Holy Father Francis, who also emphasized in this way the importance he attributes to both the Synod structure as an expression of episcopal collegiality and the theme that will be considered by the upcoming Extraordinary Assembly of 2014 and the Ordinary Assembly of 2015. There has been a very high percentage of Episcopal Conferences that have responded to the synod questionnaire on the family.