A Chinese bishop who attended the Synod on Synodality assembly has spoken out about his experience, saying he was cheered to meet Catholics from all over the world and to discover that many showed ...

At the first meeting of the full assembly of the Synod on Synodality on Wednesday, Pope Francis said a bishop’s ministry should include cooperation with laypeople and that the synod will need to ...

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, had noted at last month’s synod that only 1% of Catholics participated in the listening sessions. Father Iván ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Recognizing the doctrinal authority of bishops’ conferences does not mean allowing them to reject the teaching authority of the pope, but rather to apply church teaching to their ...

Members of the Synod of Bishops watch Pope Francis as he addresses participants during the opening of the synod's first working session in the Vatican's Paul VI Audience Hall Oct. 2, 2024. (CNS ...

The Vatican's ambassador to the U.S. urged the nation's Catholic bishops on Nov. 14 to step out of their "comfort zones" and embrace the open-ended discussions at Pope Francis' Synod of Bishops as the ...

Bishop Joseph Yang Yongqiang of Hangzhou shakes hands with Pope Francis during the October 2024 Synod of Bishops on Synodality at the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – Two bishops from ...

Participants at the Synod with Pope Francis on October 2 (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen LEICESTER, United Kingdom – An English bishop attending the Synod on Synodality says the significance of ...

While some media reported a move at the Synod of Bishops to allow every national bishops' conference to make Catholic doctrine, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, said that was not ...

Greeting the crowds in St. Peter's Square after being elected as the first pontiff from the Global South, the Argentine-born Pope Francis joked that it seemed the cardinals had gone "almost to the ...

A group of bishops who recently met with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan issued a public statement expressing regret over the ...

U.S. bishops are hoping for further guidance from the Vatican before they formulate concrete plans to prepare for the final stage of the Synod on Synodality next fall. At the conclusion of the synod’s ...