It asked dioceses to treat the Implementation Phase of the Synod on Synodality (June 2025–December 2026) not as another program, but as a time of “spiritual renewal, shared responsibility, and deeper ...

For Inogés, with the Synod of Synodality 'the time has come for the possibility of beginning to give shape to the conciliar dream of Vatican II.' Spanish theologian Cristina Inogés is among those ...

Pope Francis and members of the Synod of Bishops on synodality attend the synod's final working session on Oct. 26, 2024, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media ...

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 continued in the synod on synodality, which ...

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: ...

(RNS) — The recently concluded extraordinary consistory, a convening of cardinals to discuss specific topics, gave a mixed message on synodality. At the consistory, they used a synodal process and ...

“Synodality” is a major theme of the Francis pontificate, but what the term means in its “Franciscan” register is not terribly clear. Vatican statements tend to talk around the meaning of the term, ...

The articles by Father Radcliffe and Father Martin come as the Synod on Synodality prepares to hold its second and final session from Oct. 2–27 at the Vatican. Father Timothy Radcliffe told the Synod ...

As an Indian Christian who did not participate in the synodal process, but who has been a committed women’s rights practitioner in India and globally for over 35 years, a recent seminar on synodality ...

(RNS) — In his first speech from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, the newly elected Pope Leo XIV took the opportunity to endorse synodality, signaling that this cornerstone theological idea of Pope ...

There is a brooding boredom about the church’s talk of synodality. Inside the beltway, some people are seriously trying to bring it to life and make it relevant, while others rely on token efforts and ...