At the first meeting of the full assembly of the Synod on Synodality on Wednesday, Pope Francis said a bishop’s ministry should include cooperation with laypeople and that the synod will need to ...

COMMENTARY: Definitions of synodality have finally been offered in the synod’s final report, including everything and leaving nothing out. Pope Francis addresses those in attendance at the closing ...

A month after attending the Vatican’s Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies (Oct. 24–26), Canadian lay leaders involved in the Church’s synodality movement hosted a webinar to reflect on ...

“I was delighted at the conclusion of the synod to hear Pope Francis basically say: ‘O.K., that’s enough. Basta. We’ve talked enough. We’ve discussed enough. We’ve written enough. Now let’s go out ...

As we prepare the November issue of America for press, the delegates to the second session of the Synod on Synodality have just arrived in Rome and have begun their retreat before starting their ...

(RNS) — The synod’s job is over. Now it is up to the rest of the church to become synodal. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The Synod on Synodality, which has been a three-year process of worldwide consultation ...

The second session of the Synod on Synodality will take place this October as a follow-up to the first session that occurred last October. Here are five things to look for as the synod delegates ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A long-awaited monthlong gathering of Catholic leaders officially began at the Vatican on Wednesday (Oct. 2), charged by Pope Francis with making practical proposals to transform ...

There is no single model for what synodality should look like in all countries and cultures, Pope Leo XIV said in a discussion with synod leaders from around the globe held at the Vatican on Friday.

A former Vatican doctrinal chief cast sharp criticism on the Synod on Synodality days ahead of the synod's second and final session starting Oct. 2. German Cardinal Gerhard Müller spoke with OSV News ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to include comments from Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich and from Pope Francis' homily for the Oct. 27 Mass closing the synod. Pope Francis' three-year ...