Speeches during past Church councils and synods are widely referred to as debates. Several media outlets are referring to discussions during the current Synod on Synodality at the Vatican as debates.

The synod, the first in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati in 55 years, will bring together Catholics from 19 counties to discus ...

Opinion: With the Archdiocese of Cincinnati listen to local Catholics during its first synod in 55 years, or just pretend to?

Pope Francis initiated the Synod on Synodality in October 2021, kicking off a multiyear worldwide Church effort to engage in listening sessions with Catholics. Pope Francis among the delegates of the ...

Father Timothy Radcliffe said Monday that “the most fertile time” of the Synod on Synodality will be the months of “active waiting” leading up to the final 2024 synod assembly. Speaking at the ...

The Cincinnati Archdiocese is preparing to launch a process reviewing the church's plans and priorities. It's called a synod.

A leading African prelate participating in the Synod on Synodality expressed confidence Saturday that the process’ outcome will be “welcomed by everyone as the will of God.” Congolese Cardinal ...

The synod on synodality, which will hold its second and presumably last session in October, needs to set its own agenda, even if that means rejecting the pope's agenda. The synod's first session was ...

(RNS) — By now, close readers of major newspapers may have seen an article about the synod of bishops meeting in Rome. Or not. War fills the pages of every major daily. The tales are horrific and the ...

As Pope Francis' monthlong Vatican summit on the future of Catholicism nears its conclusion, delegates highlighted the significance of women receiving the full right to vote for the first time ever at ...

Anna Rowlands, a professor of Catholic social thought and practice at Durham University in England, gives a theological reflection as the assembly of the Synod of Bishops begins work on its section ...