COMMENTARY: God has spoken definitively in the Person of Jesus Christ; our task is to hear that Word and speak from it. No matter our times, we are not to add words to the divinely inspired words that ...

The second session of the Synod on Synodality concluded at the end of October in Rome—but the work of the synod is far from over, with its implementation phase just beginning. “Episcopalis Communio,” ...

October was an important month in the life of the Catholic Church. To overcome any such remoteness, rotating groups of delegates at the Synod sat with each other and began to develop fraternal ...

While the global synodal process initiated by Pope Francis arguably has been the most extensive exercise in ecclesial consultation attempted by the church in 2,000 years, reports from around the world ...

Since the 2018 Synod of Bishops on young people, listening has emerged as a central element in overcoming the structural and cultural barriers to unity and participation in the Catholic Church, synod ...

On a Saturday morning in March, about 80 Catholics gathered for two hours at the Archdiocese of St. Louis' headquarters in a southwest St. Louis suburb. Their aim was to reflect on two questions: ...

A program for a Mass opening the synod process in the Diocese of Camden, N.J., is seen at St. Agnes Church of Our Lady of Hope Parish in Blackwood, N.J., Oct. 17, 2021. (Credit: Dave ...

As the official synodal process enters its fourth year, the Vatican recently released the document, the instrumentum laboris, to guide discussions for the October 2024 synod. The document was ...

At the opening of the 131st general assembly of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) late last month, Archbishop Gilbert Garcera of Lipa said he had three priorities as its ...

Thanks to my slightly older sister, I began to go to church. She became friends with someone who went to church, so she started going to church. I began to […] ...