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 ...

As the Catholic Church kicks off the second session of the Synod on Synodality this week, it’s helpful to understand some key terms and concepts.

The Vatican is again talking about how to talk. That, in a nutshell, describes the Catholic Church’s “Synod on Synodality,” which begins Oct. 2. The 368 voting members are clergy and lay ...

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VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A three-year process aimed at putting the most pressing concerns of lay Catholics front and center in the church was reshuffled on Thursday (March 14), as the Vatican ...

A report summarizing discussions at the assembly of the Synod of Bishops said the church may need more welcoming pastoral approaches, especially to people who feel excluded, but also acknowledged ...

Father Timothy Radcliffe said Monday that “the most fertile time” of the Synod on Synodality will be the months of “active waiting” leading up to the final 2024 synod assembly.

As Pope Francis' major summit on the future of the Catholic Church enters its final week, bishops and laity were reminded of the Second Vatican Council's emphasis on the church's "living tradition ...

Members of the Synod of Bishops will issue a "Letter to the People of God" at the close of the first session of the synod assembly, which ends Oct. 29, the Vatican said.

Synod on Synodality Reports Not ‘Secret,’ but Still Won’t Be Shared, Spokesman Says The decision was communicated Saturday by Paolo Ruffini, president of the synod’s communication commission.

“The synod is not a council. It does not take decisions as a council does. Its task is to discern, not decide,” one synod member explained to me.