Participants in the Synod of Bishops hold candles as they pray at an ecumenical vigil with Pope Francis Oct. 11, 2024, in the Square of the Roman Protomartyrs at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) On ...

Pope Francis greets Sara Vatteroni, who works for the Italian bishops' conference in assisting migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea, during a penitential liturgy Oct. 1, 2024, in St. Peter's ...

At the synod on synodality, the Western media focused on a limited number of hot-button issues — women's ordination, married priests and blessing of gay couples. But hidden in the synod participants' ...

The Synod on Synodality has given members many opportunities for communal and individual prayer throughout the 2023 assembly — and even before it began. In an unusual feature for a synod, hundreds of ...

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 ...

Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín is one of the key figures of the Synod on Synodality. Pope Francis appointed him undersecretary of the event, which the Spanish prelate says he has experienced as “an ...

There are three overarching questions for the upcoming synod assembly as defined by the 2023 synod assembly’s guiding document. Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich (right), relator general of Synod on ...

The Rev. Lee M. Miller II is pictured. The First Lutheran Church will have one combined worship service Sunday, Oct. 22, at 10 a.m. in the church nave The Rev. Lee M. Miller II, the ELCA Bishop of the ...

(RNS) — At the Synod on Synodality, the Western media focused on a limited number of hot-button issues — women’s ordination, married priests and blessing of gay couples. But hidden in the synod ...