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Synod on Synodality

Pope Francis meets with other delegates of the Synod on Synodality at a roundtable discussion in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on Oct. 17, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Analysis: Is the Synod on Synodality’s Focus on the Local Churches a Trojan Horse?

Oct 18, 2024

One gets the impression that many Synod on Synodality participants view the subject of local Churches as a kind of Trojan horse.

The Vatican held four different public conferences from Oct. 9 and 16, 2024, in Rome to explain the “theological undertone of the synodal process,” according to a conference moderator and expert at this month’s Synod on Synodality.  / Credit: Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Why Did the Synod on Synodality Hold Extra Theological Meetings in 2024?

Oct 18, 2024

At the forums, speakers drew heavily on the Church’s dogmatic constitution from Vatican II, Lumen Gentium, in their defenses of synodality.

Synodality “a pastoral imperative”: Catholic Bishops in Congo Brazzaville

Oct 17, 2024

Catholic Bishops in the Republic of the Congo (Congo Brazzaville) have declared synodality as a “pastoral imperative” in response to the many crises that both the Church and society are facing.

Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher, OP, speaks to EWTN News in Rome on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. / Credit: EWTN News

Synod on Synodality cannot "reinvent the Catholic faith": Australian Archbishop

Oct 16, 2024

“It's the one Church, it’s the one faith, and we want to keep celebrating that even amidst our cultural diversity,” Australian Archbishop Anthony Fisher said.

Bishop Edouard Sinayobye of Rwanda’s Catholic Diocese of Cyangugu during the 14 October 2024 press briefing in Rome. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez

Synodality Theme Foundational for Rwanda’s “national, spiritual healing”: Catholic Bishop at Vatican Press Briefing

Oct 14, 2024

The theme of the multi-year Synod on Synodality is foundational for the reconciliation and healing processes in Rwanda, whose citizens continue to recover from the 1994 genocide against Tutsis., a Rwandan Catholic Bishop participating in the ongoing Synod in Rome has said. 

Pope Francis prays with members of the Synod on Synodality during one of its meetings in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall on the morning of Oct. 12, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Catholics Invited to "adopt" Synod on Synodality Members in Prayer

Oct 12, 2024

The prayer campaign sends a daily email with guidance on how to pray for the “adopted” Synod on Synodality participant.

Bishops and cardinals concelebrate Mass with Pope Francis to open the second assembly of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 2, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Synod Debates on Bishops, Laypeople Opened to Public at Theology Forums

Oct 11, 2024

Speakers claimed an important part of synodality is implementing the proper understanding of a bishop’s authority in his diocese.

Young people lead a procession in Protomartyrs Square at the Vatican for an ecumenical prayer service on Oct. 11, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis, Synod Pray Where First Christian Martyrs of Rome Were Killed

Oct 11, 2024

The ecumenical prayer vigil Oct. 11 was held in Roman Protomartyrs Square inside Vatican City.

Cardinal Kurt Koch speaks to journalists at the Synod on Synodality press briefing held at the Vatican’s Holy See Press Office on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

At Synod on Synodality, Non-Catholic Delegates Put Christian Unity in Focus

Oct 10, 2024

According to Cardinal Kurt Koch, the imperative for all Christian churches to journey, pray, and cooperate is Jesus’ own priestly prayer recorded in John 17.

Ivory Coast’s Cardinal-designate Says Synod on Synodality Delegates “experiencing an extraordinary atmosphere”

Oct 8, 2024

Delegates at the ongoing second session of the multi-year Synod on Synodality are fostering fraternity in what Archbishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abidjan in Ivory Coast, one of 21 newly named Cardinals, has described as “an extraordinary atmosphere” and “truly a Church atmosphere.”

Cardinals-elect Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, SVD; Archbishop Jaime Spengler, OFM; and Archbishop Ignace Bessi Dogbohe discuss the contributions of the Church outside Europe during a Synod on Synodality press briefing on Oct. 8, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

New Cardinals Say Europe is Becoming the Catholic Church’s New "peripheries"

Oct 8, 2024

“When the Holy Father is talking about peripheries, I think the peripheries are moving. ... Maybe the peripheries are moving towards Europe,” Archbishop Kikuchi said.

Delegates attend a session of the 16th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the Paul VI Hall on Oct. 5, 2024, in Vatican City. / Credit: Franco Origlia/Getty Images

Women Deacons Off the Table? Synod Delegate Claims "some women sense a call to Priesthood"

Oct 7, 2024

“I think we have to look at the question very much from … the Spirit. ‘Is the Spirit calling women?’” said Sister Mary Theresa Barron, OLA.

More than 400 priests, bishops, and cardinals concelebrated a Mass with Pope Francis to open the second assembly of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 2, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Live Updates on Synod on Synodality: Delegates Debate the Catholic Church’s Future

Oct 5, 2024

Follow EWTN News’ live coverage of the 2024 Synod on Synodality at the Vatican. Get real-time updates, expert analysis, and key insights.

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 Oct. 4, 2024, the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi.  / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Synod on Synodality Participants Put Spotlight on World’s Poor, Vulnerable on St. Francis of Assisi Feast Day

Oct 4, 2024

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.

Bishops and cardinals concelebrate Mass with Pope Francis to open the second assembly of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 2, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Synod on Synodality Live Updates: Delegates Debate Catholic Church’s Future

Oct 4, 2024

Follow EWTN News’ live coverage of the 2024 Synod on Synodality at the Vatican. Get real-time updates, expert analysis, and key insights.

On the first working day of the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican on Oct. 2, 2024, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, shut down speculation regarding further theological study into the possibility of women being ordained as deacons. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Synod Rules Out Women Deacons; Meetings Called to Be "laboratories of synodal life"

Oct 3, 2024

The Synod on Synodality commenced its second day on Thursday in which 356 participants convened at the Vatican.

Pope Francis makes the sign of the cross as he opens the second assembly of the Synod on Synodality with a Mass on Oct. 2, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Pope Francis Opens Synod on Synodality Assembly With Warning Against Personal "agendas"

Oct 2, 2024

The second session of the 16th Ordinary Synod of Bishops, running from Oct. 2–27, marks a critical phase in the Church’s global synodal process.

Pope Francis addresses participants of the first meeting of the full assembly of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 2, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

At Synod on Synodality, Pope Says Church Needs New Ways for Bishops to be "synodal"

Oct 2, 2024

“Never can a bishop, or any other Christian, think of himself ‘without others,’” Pope Francis said Wednesday at the first meeting of the 2024 Synod on Synodality.

Pope Francis greets the crowd at the end of a Mass for the opening of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, in St Peter's Square. / Credit: ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images

Pope Francis Calls for Global Day of Prayer, Fasting amid Escalating Conflict in Holy Land

Oct 2, 2024

The pope’s surprise announcement comes the morning after Iran launched hundreds of missiles toward Israel.

Sr. Leonida Katunge who co-edited the commentary published by Paulines Publications Africa (PPA)

New Commentary on Synod on Synodality’s Synthesis Report 2023 Seeks to Address Pastoral Issues Particular to Africa

Oct 1, 2024

Theologians in Africa have published a 20-chapter commentary on the Synthesis Report (SR), the 42-page summary report following the 4-29 October 2023 session of the ongoing Synod on Synodality, to create more localized conversations on the report.