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These assumptions are planted like seeds and repeated just often enough by a handful of synod delegates, lobby groups, the ...

The second half of the synod brings with it concerns with synod methodology and the future of ordained ministry. On this ...

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The high-ranking prelate from Myanmar told journalists on Thursday that synodality on a diocesan level is not a new concept ...

The specific issue of the doctrinal competence of bishops’ conferences, and what that might look like concretely, “got a lot ...

Decentralizing doctrinal authority, or deciding certain doctrinal questions at local levels rather than universally, has been ...

Cardinal Leonardo Steiner, the archbishop of Manaus in Brazil who is participating in the Synod on Synodality, said that ...

As the yearslong synod on synodality inches toward its Oct. 27 conclusion, the resistance has effectively gone silent, a ...

Participants in the Synod of Bishops gather with Pope Francis for an ecumenical prayer service Oct. 11, 2024, in the Square ...

The decentralization of certain aspects of the Catholic Church's governance, as proposed in the Synod of Bishops on ...

When Anglicans head into their 121st Session of Diocesan Synod, they will do so paperless and with a digital platform ...