Local churches and bishops worldwide will be instrumental in helping implement the proposals and foster the spirit of the ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Catholic clergy and laypeople will gather at the Vatican Oct. 4-29 for a synod, or summit of bishops and lay people, to discuss synodality, with an emphasis on communion ...

One of the most highly-watched study groups is on ministries in the Church, specifically the question of a female diaconate.

I was thinking of something Pope Francis said a few years ago when the Vatican released “Pathways for the Implementation ...

On Monday, the Synod of Bishops will publish the final synodal document on how local churches can implement the Synod's ...

ON WEDNESDAY, POPE Francis opened the second and final session of a historic Synod in the Vatican. This final phase of the rather mysteriously titled ‘Synod on Synodality’ is taking place ...

In 2021, Sister Nathalie Becquart became the first woman to vote at any Vatican meeting when Pope Francis appointed her undersecretary to the synod, a gathering of bishops whose second session ...

Bishops attend a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis for the closing of the 16th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, in St.Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Oct. 29, 2023.

The Synod on Synodality gathering at the Vatican could be defining for Pope Francis. Key agenda items include women's role in the church and welcoming divorced Catholics and LGBTQ+ Catholics.

The synod’s working document, released at the Vatican on June 20, highlights three priorities for building a synodal church: communion, mission and participation.

For a Synod of Bishops whose purpose "is not to produce documents," as the Vatican's document for the continental stage put it, this synodal process has created quite a few good ones.. The most ...

In 2021, Sister Nathalie Becquart became the first woman to vote at any Vatican meeting when Pope Francis appointed her undersecretary to the synod, a gathering of bishops whose second session ...