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

In a surprising move at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality on Saturday evening, Pope Francis ratified the final report ...

Pope Francis’ yearslong process to reform the Catholic Church has ended with recommendations that fall far short of giving ...

The left-leaning ethos of the synod was perhaps most clear on Oct. 24, when Argentine Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, ...

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

The second phase of the Synod of Bishops assembly on synodality concluded with a call for a new, less rigid and more decentralized form of church governance. While not revolutionary, this reform ...

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

In the final days of the most significant Catholic gathering since the 1960s, the prospect of women being ordained appears ...

In 2018, Pope Francis decreed in the apostolic constitution Episcopalis Communio that reformed the Synod of Bishops that the pope has the authority to approve and promulgate the final document, at ...

Pope Francis has issued the fourth encyclical of his papacy, denouncing a world that “is losing its heart” during times of ...

Pope Francis addresses bishops gathered in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican for the Synod on Synodality closing Mass on Oct. 27, 2024. (photo: Vatican Media) Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican ...

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