Pre-Amazonian Synod ‘Study Meeting’ Held in Rome A number of key German Church leaders, including Cardinal Walter Kasper, were in attendance at the June 25 meeting.

If the Synod of Bishops on Synodality is this fall’s Catholic equivalent of the Super Bowl, the next few days are similarly chock-full of what might be described as pre-game activities.

The three-week landmark “Synod on Synodality” which Pope Francis opens today in Rome, the culmination of a two-year global consultation process with the faithful, may represent a watershed ...

As the Synod on Synodality approaches, the Catholic world will be watching how Germany’s controversial Synodal Way integrates (or collides) with the global Catholic event.

The pre-synod debate has been dominated by mudslinging between liberals and conservatives over divorce and remarriage, but there are many more issues up for discussion.

As the pre-synod gathering on youth approaches, Vatican organizers are inviting young people around the globe to join in the discussion through Facebook groups in six different languages.

Before the month-long meeting of the Synod on Synodality last October in Rome, delegates were invited to a pre-synod retreat led by Timothy Radcliffe, O.P. Part of the purpose of the retreat was ...

The “synod on synodality,” Pope Francis’ two-year effort to move the church toward a more collaborative and decentralized model, kicked off in Rome on Sunday with a Mass in St. Peter’s ...

The U.S. bishops have selected the young adult delegates who will represent the country at the pre-synod gathering in Rome this March, which will take place before the 2018 Youth Synod of Bishops ...

The award winning Catholic feminist writer, Debra Maria Flint, who left the Roman Catholic Church in order to be ordained a deacon within the independent Catholic movement, has expressed concern ...