"working papers"

[zunshynn]

When I researched the 1994 Synod document on Consecrated Life on EWTN.com and a couple of other places, the document was referred to as a "working paper." What does that mean? And what kind of authority does it have?

[cappie]

This is the document from the Synod:

[url="http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccscrlife/documents/rc_con_ccscrlife_doc_20020614_ripartire-da-cristo_en.html"]Holy See[/url]