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A spirituality closely bound to God's creation has deep roots in Scripture, where in Genesis God separates light from darkness and water from ...

A prominent Roman Catholic Church leader in Germany has said that he believes priests should be allowed to get married, opposing centuries of mandated celibacy for clergy.

On Oct. 10, 2021, Pope Francis formally opened a two-year process called “a synod on synodality,” officially known as “Synod 2021-2023: For a Synodal Church,” in which bishops around the world will consult with everyone from parishioners to monks, nuns and Catholic universities before coming together in 2023 to discuss how the church can learn to rely more fully on this kind of consultation-and-discussion process – how it can become more “synodal” in its governance.

“Amazonia: new paths for the Church and for an integral ecology” was the theme of the 3-week Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region (2019).

Agenzia Fides: Organo di informazione delle Pontificie Opere Missionarie dal 1927

One of the main organizers of the Vatican's 2019 Synod of Bishops for the Amazon says a new photo exhibition on Amazonia captures both the maj...

Retired Bishop Erwin Kräutler of Xingú, Brazil, has long raised the alarm about the threats facing both Amazonian ecosystems and the Indigen...

On the closing day of the first Ecclesial Assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean participants issued a final message expressing their commitment ...

Agenzia Fides: Organo di informazione delle Pontificie Opere Missionarie dal 1927

Pope Francis opened a two-year process called “a synod on synodality,” known as “Synod 2021-2023: For a Synodal Church,” on October 10. In brief, the process involves an expansion of an established institution, called the “Synod of Bishops.” This means that bishops around the world will consult with everyone from…