Priests should try to help show the true face of the church as an open, welcoming home inhabited by the Lord and enlivened by love, said Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the Synod of the Bishops, and Archbishop Lazarus You Heung-sik, prefect
In a new essay for Our Sunday Visitor, theologian Brett Salkeld explores the real purpose of the Synod of Bishops on synodality. Too often, he writes, we see things through a political lens, where there is our side and their side — winners
When leaders at Loyola University Chicago set out to find a way to discuss the upcoming world Synod of Bishops on synodality with students, they did not set out to host a dialogue with Pope Francis.
But that's what happened Feb. 24, when
Earlier this year, Ava Lalor attended and helped facilitate a listening session for the synod of bishops within her diocese: “In case you need a refresher course on what this synod is about, here’s some context: Called a synod on synodality, Pope
An idea began brewing in Patrick Schmadeke's head as he listened to an interview with Xavière Missionary Sister Nathalie Becquart on the Synod of Bishops in 2023 and the process leading up to it.
"Synodality starts with coffee," said the French nun, who
Two specific and important movements will be taking place within the Church in the United States during the next few years: the National Eucharistic Revival, a three-year process of growing closer in relationship with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament; and, on a
Pope Francis is inviting the faithful to pray, listen, discern and examine themselves personally and the church communally to determine how to better follow the path of Jesus, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said in opening the two-year churchwide synodal process.
The
Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, said in the process to create a more "synodal church," one where every member contributes and all listen to each other, "we are touching something divine, and prayer is essential."
The synod office, the
A synod calls on everyone to become experts in "the art of encounter" in a way that is uplifting and transformative, Pope Francis said, formally opening the process leading up to the assembly of the Synod of Bishops in 2023.
"Celebrating a synod
The Vatican announced that Pope Francis will formally launch the process of the Synod of Bishops with a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica.
The Oct. 10 Mass, which officially open the synodal process, will be preceded by a day of reflection in the