VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The Synod on Synodality, which has been a three-year process of worldwide consultation with two monthlong meetings in Rome, has concluded with both disappointment and hope ...

Sr. Mary Teresa Barron, a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles, speaks during a news conference on the Synod of Bishops on synodality at the Vatican Oct. 7.

A Rare Opportunity. The high likelihood that the next pope is here in Rome for the synod isn’t just due to numbers. It’s also a product of what the Synod on Synodality is, how its participants ...

Vatican City, Oct 1, 2024 / 13:05 pm. As the Church kicks off the second session of the Synod on Synodality this week, it’s helpful to understand some key terms and concepts.

Now, in preparation for the synod session that will be held Oct. 2-27, national bishops’ conferences, as well as Eastern churches and dioceses that do not belong to any bishops’ conference ...

The Catholic Church’s Synod on Synodality ended earlier this week with discussions about greater reform for women and LGBTQ Catholics, but with little promise of action, writes Celia Wexler.

Synod members Oct. 9 elected seven of their peers to the assembly's Commission for the Synthesis Report, and Pope Francis appointed three others.

Rome Newsroom, Oct 10, 2023 / 15:30 pm. Synod on Synodality delegates elected this week the members of a commission who will supervise the drafting of a “synthesis report” that will sum up ...

The senior priest at the office encouraged us to continue to work to make our voices heard as the synod will only end in 2024. Beginning on Oct. 8, Spirit Unbounded, a network of all reform ...

Prelates attend a mass presided over by Pope Francis and concelebrated by the new cardinals for the start of the XVI General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican ...

Pope Francis Pope opens Synod, warns against 'political calculations' and 'ideological battles' in the Catholic Church Pope Francis opened the synodal meeting on Wednesday with a speech saying the ...