Happiness is not found in material things but in God himself, who shows us the joy found in making our lives a gift for others, Pope Francis said in his Sunday Angelus address.

Prayer groups are sponsoring an online platform through which you can “adopt” a Synod on Synodality member to pray for during the month of October.

Pope Francis expressed in a letter Saturday a desire that each of the 21 new cardinals to be added in December will be more of a “servant” than an “eminence.”

Archbishop Jaime Spengler, soon to be cardinal, announced a trial of an Amazonian rite and called for openness to married priests in areas with priest shortages.

Three non-Catholic Christian delegates took center stage at Thursday’s Synod on Synodality press briefing at the Vatican.

Taiwan's ambassador to the Holy See, Matthew Lee, highlighted the importance of the Vatican-Taiwan partnership in promoting peace and religious freedom in a recent interview with CNA.

Pope Francis appointed pontifical commissioner to resolve conflict between Opus Dei and the Diocese of Barbastro-Monzón over the Torreciudad complex in Spain.

The Vatican announced that Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer will conduct a special concert for the poor and homeless in Vatican City.

Pope Francis gave the Rome Diocese its new vicar general.

Pope Francis urged Catholics to heed the “prohibitions of the Holy Spirit” to protect the unity and universality of the Church.

The Vatican will unveil the restored baldacchino over St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct 27, alongside ongoing restorations of Bernini’s “Cathedra of St. Peter.”

Cardinals-designate from three continents said the global south offers the West nonmaterial gifts like abundant priestly vocations and a joy-filled faith.

ANALYSIS: Roughly half of all cardinal-electors are currently in Rome, making the Synod on Synodality something of a prelude to a future conclave.

The Synod on Synodality has brought Catholic bishops from mainland China and Taiwan together for dialogue and encounter.

Women deacons aren't on Synod agenda, but female delegate discussed women experiencing "a call to the priesthood."

Pope Francis presided over a solemn rosary prayer in Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major on Sunday evening, invoking the intercession of the Virgin Mary for peace in the world amid an escalating conflict in the Middle East.

“Be open to the gift of life,” Pope Francis urged married couples in his Sunday Angelus address in which the pope described a recent encounter with a father of eight children as “a great consolation.”

Pope Francis announced on Sunday that he will create 21 new cardinals, including the archbishops of Tehran, Tokyo, and Toronto, at a consistory on Dec. 8.

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo criticized Pope Francis' recent abortion comments made during his return from Belgium. The apostolic nuncio, Archbishop Franco Coppola, has been summoned to discuss the issue.

Closing the first week of meetings, Synod on Synodality participants from different continents put a spotlight on the plight of the world’s poor and vulnerable at a press briefing held in the Vatican on the Oct. 4 feast day of St. Francis of Assisi.

On Wednesday, Oct. 2, after Mass in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis viewed the historic relic of St. Peter’s chair in the Ottoboni sacristy. A photo of him before the chair went viral.

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On Oct. 2, at the Synod on Synodality, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández dismissed speculation on further theological study into the ordination of women as deacons.

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