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Pope approves next phase of synod, setting path to 2028 assembly
Pope Francis has approved the next phase of the Synod of Bishops on synodality, launching a three-year implementation process that will culminate in an ecclesial assembly at the Vatican in October 2028.
Cardinal Radcliffe reflects on synod during parish event
Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe said the solution to overcoming polarization in the church and in wider society is for people on all sides to learn to talk to and listen to one another with respect, something that was demonstrated in the 2023 and 2024 sessions of the synod on synodality.
Panel: What is next for the church after the synod?
Catholics must embrace their diversity and build not only friendship but also trust across lines that might divide them to move forward as a synodal church, according to two participants in the Synod of Bishops on synodality, which came to a close in October.
Final synod document is magisterial, must be accepted, pope says
Doubling down on the centrality of synodality in the Catholic Church, Pope Francis said that it is now up to local churches to accept and implement proposals from the final document approved the Synod of Bishops on synodality.
Synod gave life to new way of being church, members say
Members of the Synod of Bishops experienced a new way of being church and are committing to sharing it, said the two cardinals who guided its work.
Pope warns against becoming a ‘sedentary’ church after synod’s close
Three years after he asked the world’s Catholics to walk together in faith on a synodal journey, Pope Francis said that the church cannot risk becoming “static” but must continue as a “missionary church that walks with her Lord through the streets of the world.”
U.S. church contributes to synod through its diversity, delegate says
The U.S. delegates at the Synod of Bishops on synodality are contributing to discussions on the future of the Catholic Church by bringing the diversity of the U.S. church to the Vatican, a U.S. synod delegate said.
As synod nears end, preacher urges members to be at peace with results
Even if some members of the Synod of Bishops end up feeling disappointed by the results of the synod, “God’s providence is at work in this assembly, bringing us to the Kingdom in ways that God alone knows,” the spiritual adviser to the synod on synodality told them.
Synod begins looking at institutional changes to promote synodality
If members of the Synod of Bishops are serious about sharing their experience of “synodality” with all members of the Catholic Church, then they must identify concrete ways to do so, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich told members.
Synodality and ‘relationship conversion’
It is not surprising to read commentaries on the present synod on synodality that express perplexity about what synodality means for the church. Admittedly, “synodality” is not a familiar term.
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