Synod on Synodality

As a summit of Catholic bishops considers allowing priests to marry, a Kenyan clergyman drew attention to the question when he married a woman and was ordained in the Catholic Charismatic Church on the same day.

Participants of the Vatican's Synod on Synodality insist their gathering was “not about ideology” but about listening to differing points of view.

Discussions about women’s ordination to the priesthood have become livelier in the waning days of the synod on synodality, Pope Francis’ month-long summit to discuss pressing issues facing the church.

While little news has emerged about the discussions on the Catholic Church’s future going on at the Synod on Synodality, those present have made no secret of their concerns about the violence unfolding in Israel.

The first rule of the Synod on Synodality: Don’t talk about the Synod on Synodality.

Advocates for the ordination of women to the priesthood flocked to Rome this week as the Vatican hosts a historic monthlong gathering of faithful to discuss the future of the church.

As Catholics meet in Rome this month for a historic Vatican summit to discuss power structures in the church, abuse survivors and their advocates say their topic will be on everyone’s minds but nobody’s agenda.

In the weeks leading up to the long-awaited Vatican Synod on Synodality, the Vatican representative to the U.S. said that Catholics shouldn’t be too concerned with pushback.