Having elected the new General Council, the participants returned to Rome for the third and final week of the Assembly. On their way back, the stopped at Spoletto, birth place of Blessed Giovanni Merlini.
In the Cathedral of Spoletto, where Bl. Merlini was baptized, they celebrated Mass. The Archbishop of Spolette regretted he could not be in town to welcome the participants as he had to be in Rome for the Pilgrimage of the dioceses in the area of Umbria to Rome.
Fr. Bill Nordembrock, former Moderator General, presided the Mass and recalled the Assembly, that love is the cornerstone of the Christian life.