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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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