The synod’s final document leaves key issues on women’s roles unresolved, with calls for greater inclusion going ...

At the Synod on Synodality closing Mass on Sunday, Pope Francis said that a synodal Church must be “on the move” following ...

The document notes the synodal process “does not conclude with the end of the current assembly.” Local churches are asked to ...

Pope Francis delivered a homily during the closing Mass for the Synod of Bishops in St. Peter's Basilica Oct. 27.

The Synod on Synodality is the fifth synod of Pope Francis’ pontificate. It marks the first time he has chosen to forgo ...

Pope Francis has announced that the final Synod document will be adopted without traditional papal exhortation.

A sense of urgency has been growing after the role of women emerged as a dominant theme when Catholics from across the globe were canvassed for their views ahead of a meeting of bishops and lay people ...

"I do not intend to publish an apostolic exhortation. What we have approved is enough," Pope Francis said. Instead, he ...

Pope Francis’ yearslong process to reform the Catholic Church closed Saturday with recommendations that fell short of giving women more equity as hoped, but reflected the pope’s aims for a church that ...

Pope Francis' three-year consultation on the future of the Catholic Church concluded on Oct. 26, outlining the institution's ...

The end of the Synod was marked with a Mass in the Vatican basilica. The Chair of Saint Peter was exposed, a sign of Church ...