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Participants of the Synod on Synodality in the Paul VI Audience Hall. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

Vatican calls for assessment of synodality implementation ahead of 2028 assembly

The General Secretariat of the Synod published the “Recollecting” resource for diocesan synodal teams on July 27. Ahead
A gathering of 178 cardinals take part in working groups during an extraordinary consistory held in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall on June 26, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Cardinals confront a ‘wounded world’ at opening of synodal consistory

The 178 cardinals attending the two-day consistory spoke of growing polarization within their respective societies. Confronting a world
Pope Leo XIV meets with the synod's 16th ordinary council at its offices near the Vatican on Thursday, June 26, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV meets with Synod on Synodality teams ahead of 2028 assembly

The pontiff met with the synod members to conclude a conference at the Vatican June 23-25. Pope Leo

Synod office sets path to 2028 ecclesial assembly

A new Vatican document outlines four stages for local Churches, bishops’ conferences, and continental bodies to assess how

Courage Director: Synod Report ‘Wounds the Church’

Father Brian Gannon argues how ‘intellectually dishonest’ document departs from Scripture and 2,000 years of Church teaching on

Cardinal Eijk: Same-Sex Synod Report Must Be Forcefully Refuted

By elevating such testimonies without doctrinal commentary, the report effectively normalizes homosexual relationships within a Church context. The

African Member of Synod Group Did Not Help Draft Homosexuality Text

Congolese Sister Josée Ngalula did not participate in drafting the controversial section of the final report, despite being

Synod report includes testimonies from civilly ‘married’ homosexuals

A Vatican synod study group’s final report includes testimony from two men in civil marriages with other men

Remembering Pope Francis: 9 moments that defined his legacy 

On the first anniversary of Pope Francis’ death, we remember the late pontiff and some of the most

Pope’s Cameroon Visit Puts Archbishop Nkea in the Spotlight

The archbishop of Bamenda is a rising star in the Catholic Church in Cameroon and beyond. When Pope

Synod on Synodality proposes a Church ‘Observatory on Disability’

The report is the conclusion of the work carried out by one of the 10 study groups created

Synod calls for more leadership roles for women but female diaconate ‘not yet ripe’

The Synod on Synodality’s study group on “Women’s Participation in the Life and Leadership of the Church” has

Vatican synod report urges women’s input in preparing future priests

The report also warns seminaries must not become an “artificial environment” detached from the ordinary life of the

Vatican synod study group warns of online polarization

The group urged new oversight and formation for online evangelization. A final report from the Synod on Synodality

Vatican commission rejects female diaconate, although without a ‘definitive judgment’

The Vatican published on Dec. 4 the summary of the work carried out by the commissions studying the

Vatican defends monogamy against polygamy, polyamory

A new Vatican document defends marriage as a monogamous relationship amid the growing popularity of polyamory and addresses

Synod on Synodality reports reveal continued study on women, but not female diaconate

Reports from the Synod on Synodality published this week reveal that expert groups continue to discuss women’s participation

Pope Leo XIV: Build the Church on the solid foundations of Christ, not on worldly criteria

At the Basilica of St. John Lateran on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV urged Christians to build the Church

Vatican to release new document on polygamy at end of November

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith will publish a new document on marriage in the context
Synod delegates listen to presentations at the European Continental Assembly in Prague on Feb. 7, 2023. | CCEE

European Catholics debate final outcome of Synod on Synodality assembly in Prague

European Catholics debated Thursday morning the contents of a final document that will influence the discussions of the

Pope Francis announced an Ecumenical Prayer for the Synod on Synodality

On September 30 an ecumenical prayer vigil will take place in St. Peter’s Square as part of the

War in Europe and the Role of Religion

For the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, that runs from 18th through the 25th of January, Christians

Vaticano Updates: the latest news from Pope Francis and the Vatican

Synod on Synodality official: Women priests ‘not an open question’ for the Church The highest-ranking woman in the

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