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

The General Secretariat of the Synod releases “Pathways for the Implementation of the Synod”, which provides “an interpretive key for understanding the implementation phase of the Synod on Synodality.

According to the apostolic constitution “Universi Dominici Gregis,” which governs procedures when the papacy is vacant, a ...

That bishops, laymen and laywomen, priests, and religious are all synod delegates was an intentional choice, the pontiff said in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Oct. 2, and it “expresses a way ...

The Vatican’s synod office said the final reports from the Synod on Synodality study groups – including opinions on women ...

That, in a nutshell, describes the Catholic Church’s “Synod on Synodality,” which begins Oct. 2. ... Bishops and nonbishops are now delegates on an equal footing with full voting rights.

The Plenary Assembly in Bohol elects the archbishop of Lipa to succeed Card David who has concluded his second term. The ...

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 ...

In an Audience with members of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV recalls the duty of ...

ACCUSATIONS of Vatican, if not papal, deception have erupted over a leaked 2021 report compiled — but not disclosed — by the ...

After leaving behind the Ottawa Treaty that banned mines, Ukraine is creating an impassable abyss with Russia, the new explosive ...

Archbishops around the world can provide by their example the fraternity and unity in diversity the entire Catholic Church ...