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 ...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday urged Christians to deepen their common witness by growing in “ecumenical synodal practices,” ...

The director of the Catholic Research Centre in Kuala Lumpur offers an initial assessment for Asia of the path Pope Francis ...

Before the second session of the Synod on Synodality kicks off in Rome at the beginning of October, participants will gather in retreat to pray together and ask forgiveness for sins in a penitential ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — From the beginning of his papacy, Pope Francis has waged war against clericalism and called on the clergy to be servants of the people of God. This struggle has continued in the ...

Pope Francis speaks to members of the Synod of Bishops on synodality after they approved their final document Oct. 26, 2024, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) ...

(RNS) — The Synod on Synodality, which will hold its second and presumably last session in October, needs to set its own agenda, even if that means rejecting the pope’s agenda. The synod’s first ...

Young adults, clergy and bishops participated in synodal circles during the National Catholic Association of Diocesan Directors of Hispanic Ministry conference in Newark, N.J., Oct. 23, 2025. Credit: ...

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, warned that blogs and online ...

Jesuit Cardinal Michael Czerny, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, hopes the legacy of the Synod on Synodality launched by Pope Francis will be the renewal of the ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson & Dan Henninger. Photo: Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Press Wire/AP Photo/Courtesy ...

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, Missouri, stirred up the proverbial hornet's nest last month when he announced that certain hymns would no longer be played in the diocese, citing ...