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

Pope Francis closed the global Synod on Synodality’s final assembly on Sunday with a call for a Church that “hears the cry of ...

Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, was the main celebrant at the altar under the baldachin. The ...

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.

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

A sense of urgency has been growing after the role of women emerged as a dominant theme when Catholics from across the globe ...

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 ...

The text also addresses accountability measures, calling for enhanced financial transparency, and protocols for abuse ...

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