Catholic bishops in Ethiopia have issued a far-reaching synodality message that speaks to the fear, suffering, and ...

COMMENTARY: Definitions of synodality have finally been offered in the synod’s final report, including everything and leaving nothing out. Pope Francis addresses those in attendance at the closing ...

The synodal process on synodality for a synodal Church took a big step in Rome this week, as the instrumentum laboris (working document) for the October synod was released. Yet it may well be that the ...

At the first meeting of the full assembly of the Synod on Synodality on Wednesday, Pope Francis said a bishop’s ministry should include cooperation with laypeople and that the synod will need to ...

The Catholic Church's synodal process, intended to actively solicit input from all its members, is not a threat to the hierarchy, a cardinal said. "The hierarchical structures of the church have ...

When we learned that the topic of the next Synod of Bishops would be synodality itself, you could hear the collective groan in the (virtual) newsroom. A process about a process: What could be duller?

Pope Francis and members of the Synod of Bishops on synodality attend the synod's final working session Oct. 26, 2024, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) Just under ...

(RNS) — When Pope Francis called for a worldwide consultation of lay Catholics about their concerns as part of the Synod on Synodality, U.S. bishops responded less than enthusiastically. Instead, the ...

Pope Francis speaks to members of the Synod of Bishops on synodality after they approved their final document Oct. 26, 2024, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) ...

The Synod on Synodality has been inaugurated in October 2021 by Pope Francis and will culminate with the celebration of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in October 2024. This ...

(RNS) — With the calling of a worldwide Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis set in motion the most extensive consultative process the world has ever seen. In recent months, each diocese produced a ...

Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming extraordinary consistory of cardinals in January will be a pivotal but challenging landmark as he seeks advice on matters of broad and key relevance in church life and ...