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

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

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

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

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

Sister Nathalie Becquart, Undersecretary of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops, speaks to Vatican News about the ...

Pope Leo added that Francis promoted this concept in the various synodal assemblies that took place during his pontificate, ...

Synodality isn’t “a chapter in an ecclesiology textbook” or a “fad or a slogan to be bandied about in our meetings,” the pope has emphasized. Tuesday, July 08, 2025.

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 ...

Synodality, then, might be thought of as collegiality resurrected, but without all the baggage that encumbers collegiality. The difference is literally semantic: Synod has a Greek root, collegial ...

The Synod on Synodality teaches that the bishops take the center state and exercise the authority bestowed by Christ, the fullness of Holy Priesthood, in collegiality. However, the synodal path is ...

As a way of being church, synodality might be thought of as collegiality resurrected, but without all the baggage that encumbered collegiality over the years following Vatican II, writes Fr ...