The synodal process on synodality for a synodal Church took a big step in Rome this week, as the instrumentum laboris (working document) for the October synod was released. Yet it may well be that the ...

Remembering, interpreting, orienting, celebrating. These are the four key stages accompanying local Churches, Bishops' Conferences, and continental groupings towards the Ecclesial Assembly that will ...

EDITORIAL: Synodality has something to offer the Catholic Church, but not at the expense of what it actually teaches.

In the days after his election, Leo told the gathered cardinals that he intended not only to continue the synodal process but ...

(RNS) — If the church is to have a Eucharistic revival, its liturgical texts should promote active participation by all people. (RNS) — One of the surprises to come out of the Synod on Synodality was ...

Participants of political conversations must primarily discern whether they are faithful to the Spirit instead of ...

The management of princes was an essential task of statecraft in earlier, monarchical ages. In our more democratic epoch, the essence of governance or leadership is more often the management of ...

In October, the Catholic Church is going to have an international meeting in Rome on the topic of synodality. This is an unfamiliar term to most Catholics, except those of Eastern traditions, whose ...

Pope Francis and members of the Synod of Bishops on synodality attend the synod's final working session Oct. 26, 2024, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) Just under ...

Würzburg Cardinal Grech, Secretary General of the General Secretariat of the Synod, was the highest-ranking Vatican ...

(RNS) — When Pope Francis called for a worldwide consultation of lay Catholics about their concerns as part of the Synod on Synodality, U.S. bishops responded less than enthusiastically. Instead, the ...

Pope Leo XIV greets consecrated men and women during an Oct. 10 audience for the Jubilee for Consecrated Life inside the Vatican’s Paul VI audience hall. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – Pope ...