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 ...

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, had noted at last month’s synod that only 1% of Catholics participated in the listening sessions. Father Iván ...

A Lebanese bishop made an impassioned plea for peace and forgiveness at the Synod on Synodality’s daily press briefing on Saturday as the assembly’s first week drew to a close. Bishop Mounir ...

The Vatican's ambassador to the U.S. urged the nation's Catholic bishops on Nov. 14 to step out of their "comfort zones" and embrace the open-ended discussions at Pope Francis' Synod of Bishops as the ...

Greeting the crowds in St. Peter's Square after being elected as the first pontiff from the Global South, the Argentine-born Pope Francis joked that it seemed the cardinals had gone "almost to the ...

Pope Francis opened the next round of his ongoing Synod on Synodality project in a service at the Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on Wednesday, calling on participants to set aside their ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Recognizing the doctrinal authority of bishops’ conferences does not mean allowing them to reject the teaching authority of the pope, but rather to apply church teaching to their ...

Bishops process into St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 29, 2023, for a Mass marking the conclusion of the first session of the Synod of Bishops on synodality. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) The ...

Bishop Matthieu Rougé of Nanterre told the Register that many of the synod’s recommendations can be accommodated with existing Church structures. Bishop Matthieu Rougé of Nanterre, France, accompanies ...

Bishop Joseph Yang Yongqiang of Hangzhou shakes hands with Pope Francis during the October 2024 Synod of Bishops on Synodality at the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – Two bishops from ...

The Bishop of Winchester has defended the recent decision of the House of Bishops to pause plans to introduce standalone same-sex blessing services.

A group of bishops who recently met with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan issued a public statement expressing regret over the ...