Pope Francis opened a synod Sunday to champion the Amazon's poverty-stricken and isolated indigenous communities by condemning the destructive 'interests' he blamed for the fires that devastated ...

(RNS) — After raising expectations with his Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis is punting on a number ... a major issue at the 2019 Synod on the Amazon. That synod was told that the issue could ...

Pope Francis sent a message to a United Nations gathering on Indigenous Peoples, stressing the need to preserve their ...

Another option set to be discussed at the synod is allowing married men to be ordained in remote areas, such as the Amazon. Pope Francis has repeatedly said there is no doctrinal prohibition on ...

The Synod on Synodality, initiated by Pope Francis in October 2021, is a multiyear process initiated by Pope Francis to enhance the communion, participation, and mission of the Church. The ...

Pope Francis visited Mongolia in September 2023 and invited Marengo to take part in this year’s synod at the Vatican ...

Xaviere Missionary Sister Nathalie Becquart, a student in the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, has been appointed by Pope Francis as an undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops, making ...

Pope Francis, accompanied by then President Benigno S ... the pope announced that he would not publish an apostolic exhortation following the second assembly of the Synod on Synodality. Nevertheless, ...