Pope: Final synod document is magisterial, must be accepted
By Justin McLellan, CNS – Doubling down on the centrality of synodality in the Catholic Church, Pope Francis said that it is now up to local churches...
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Pope Will Offer Synod Final Doc for Church to Implement
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – After members of the Synod of Bishops approved their final document, Pope Francis announced that he would not write the customary post-synodal...
Pope warns against becoming a ‘sedentary’ church after synod’s close
By Justin McLellan, CNS – Three years after he asked the world’s Catholics to walk together in faith on a synodal journey, Pope Francis said that the...
Cardinal Fernández updates synod on study group focusing on women’s roles
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Pope Francis decided the question of ordaining women deacons was not to be discussed at the 2024 Synod of Bishops, and he...
Archdiocese of Johannesburg hosts third annual leadership conference
By Kati Dijane – Over 600 parishioners from the Archdiocese of Johannesburg braved the hot weather to attend the third annual archdiocesan leadership conference (ACL) at Holy...
Synodality takes time, members say, and tension is natural part of it
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Three weeks into the second session of the Synod of Bishops, journalists wanted to know what outcomes the synod members were moving...
Pray with the Pope: Let the Church’s Mission be Shared
Every month Fr Chris Chatteris SJ reflects on Pope Francis’ prayer intention Intention: Let us pray that the Church continues to sustain a synodal lifestyle in every way, as a...
Pope: Mission is Common Goal of Synod and Ecumenism
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Halfway through the Synod of Bishops, Pope Francis and synod participants prayed that God would “remove the divisions between Christians” so that...
Synod: Synodal leadership can ease a bishop’s burdens
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – A bishop who runs his diocese like a “monarch” is not only not acting synodally, but he probably is lonely and stressed,...
In second week, synod to discuss authority in the church
By Justin McLellan, CNS – Members of the Synod of Bishops have begun looking for ways to make relationships within the Catholic Church “more transparent and more...
