(RNS) — The synod’s job is over. Now it is up to the rest of the church to become synodal. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The Synod on Synodality, which has been a three-year process of worldwide ...

Pope Francis decided the question of ordaining women deacons was not to be discussed at the 2024 Synod of Bishops, and he directed a synod-related study group on women's ministries not to explore the ...

(Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – Participants in this month’s Synod of Bishops on Synodality, who were chosen by the Vatican to take part in a news conference Friday, condemned what they ...

A synod is traditionally a meeting of bishops gathered to discuss a theological or pastorally significant topic. The word “synod” comes from a Greek term meaning “to meet” or “to walk ...

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The views expressed here are here own. Read more opinion on CNN. Defined by the church as a meeting of bishops, the synod included for the first time a sprinkling of lay people to attend ...

It’s more like planting a tree than winning a battle.” Radcliffe encouraged the delegates to reflect on how their words can “nurture the tender plant that is the synod” after leaving the ...

who also led a three-day retreat for delegates prior to the start of the synod. "The synodal process is organic and ecological rather than competitive," he said. "It is more like planting a tree ...

Small-group reports from the Synod on Synodality won’t be made public — even though the documents have already been accessed by some journalists following an information security oversight.

The 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops is underway in Vatican City — one of the largest and most global meetings of Catholic leaders in decades. Pope Francis, opening the ...

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VATICAN CITY — The first two synods of this pontificate that took place nearly a decade ago set the stage for the synods that followed and contain some useful pointers for the upcoming Synod on ...