The roughly 450 people in the room during the Synod on Synodality assembly are “bound to confidentiality and discretion” regarding what is said in Synod discussions. Unlike at past Synod of Bishops ...

As we prepare the November issue of America for press, the delegates to the second session of the Synod on Synodality have just arrived in Rome and have begun their retreat before starting their ...

More than 400 people gathered at the Vatican on Wednesday to officially begin the Synod on Synodality. During the first full day of work Oct. 5, participants met in small groups of about 12 people to ...

It is hard for result-oriented Americans to understand that, for Pope Francis, the synodal process is more important than any decision, report or document that comes out of it. We are eager to know ...

A woman holds a rosary during the Pope Francis’s Mass opening the assembly of the Synod of Bishops in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 4, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) What strikes me most about ...

The final document from the now-concluded assembly of the synod on synodality will receive a tepid reception in some quarters. But the text captures what happened, and what happened is extraordinary ...

Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, archbishop of Quebec, participates in Pope Francis’s October 2023 Synod of Bishops on Synodality. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – Participants in Pope Francis’s ...

(RNS) — Instead of sweeping reform, the synod promises small changes with the potential of changing the culture in the church. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As bishops and Catholic leaders gather at the ...

In these days of war, riot, and pandemic, no news is truly good news. And the principle applies equally to the life of the Catholic Church: It’s good news indeed that, contrary to the hopes of ...

The Vatican says the confidentiality requirement exists ‘in order to guarantee the freedom of expression of each and all regarding their thoughts and to ensure the serenity of the discernment in ...