(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 ...

Unlike the hall where previous synods were held, in which the seats are arranged theater style, hierarchically you might say, and all facing the dais, the large aula used for this synod has round ...

(RNS) — Women deacons, priestly formation and other contentious questions won’t be a part of the next synod in October. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A three-year process aimed at putting the most ...

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 ...

In the subsequent weeks, how and whether to welcome LGBTQ+ Catholics became, according to participants, the most contentious topic at the month-long synod that closed Saturday in Vatican City.

The first woman to preside over a Synod of Bishops described the experience of sitting with Pope Francis at the head table as “a gift and a grace” — and a sign of things to come in the ...

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.

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 what was discussed during the confidential ...

The synod is now in its sixth day, and I am particularly struck by how its members have adhered very closely to Pope Francis’ call for “confidentiality” and “reserve” during the synod ...

Pope Francis speaks during the first general congregation of the Synod on Synodality at the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on Wednesday. (Vatican Media via Reuters) The assembly that Pope Francis ...