Young adults, clergy and bishops participated in synodal circles during the National Catholic Association of Diocesan Directors of Hispanic Ministry conference in Newark, N.J., Oct. 23, 2025. Credit: ...

Catholic-Orthodox relations took a step forward this month with the publication of the first joint statement in seven years. The document said Pope Francis’ hope for a synodal Church promotes “a more ...

U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke is seen outside the Vatican March 7, 2013. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Cardinal Raymond Burke, a former American archbishop and Vatican official who is ...

"Perhaps," said Fr. Timothy Radcliffe — preacher, speaker, and former master of the Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominicans — "religious orders have something to teach the Church about ...

(RNS) — In his first speech from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, the newly elected Pope Leo XIV took the opportunity to endorse synodality, signaling that this cornerstone theological idea of Pope ...

As an Indian Christian who did not participate in the synodal process, but who has been a committed women’s rights practitioner in India and globally for over 35 years, a recent seminar on synodality ...