Pope Francis formally opened a two-year process called a “synod on synodality” for the Catholic Church on Oct. 10.

As a Catholic priest who studies theology, with particular interest in the role of lay persons and of local communities in the worldwide Catholic church, I will be watching this synod carefully.In ...

Pope Francis, opening the assembly in audience with cardinals and bishops of the Catholic Church from around the world, spoke out against politicking or pushing agendas during the synod. "We do ...

October's general assembly in Rome for the Catholic Church's Synod of Bishops on synodality aims to address human reality -- not abstractions -- in order to more effectively share Jesus Christ and ...

For months, EWTN viewers have been told Pope Francis' synod represents a "hostile takeover" of the Catholic Church, or is a "moment of crisis." The influence of such statements has been profound ...

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 16th Synod of Bishops, the first part of which will take place in Rome on Oct. 4-29, 2023, and the second in 2024, will be the culmination of a two-year, worldwide conversation in the Catholic ...

Even for a Roman Catholic Church rife with esoteric terminology that often defies comprehension by ... 365 people will have voting rights in the synod, and roughly 75 percent will be bishops, ...

In 2002, as the Church reeled from widespread public reporting on clergy sexual abuse, the focus was on priests. The role of the bishops in the 2002 crisis was absent from the conversations.

Catholic Church prelates gather for Synod 2023 after Pope Francis stirs controversy by suggesting possibility of same ... The three-week General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the ...

“For the Catholic Church at this moment, from an official point of view, it’s not an open question,” said Nathalie Becquart, undersecretary at the Vatican’s synod office, in an interview.

The Synod of Bishops is a religious assembly of bishops from all over the world who gather in Rome to discuss issues vital to the Roman Catholic Church and act as an advisory body to the pope. The ...