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Cardinals and bishops in the Vaticans Synod Hall, Oct. 14, 2015. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.London, England, Oct 15, 2021 / 03:00 am (CNA).This weekend, dioceses in the U.S. and around the world will formally launch a local consultation process leading to the 2023 synod on synodality in Rome. Supporters bill it as one of the most important events in the Catholic Church since the Second Vatican Council and the greatest consultation exercise in human history.But as the diocesan phase of the ambitious t...

Pope Francis opens the 2023 Synod of Bishops on synodality Oct. 9 and 10. A Vatican document released in September identified nine specific “pitfalls” that could prevent participants from hearing the Holy Spirit and one another.

The German Church has been struggling to regain its credibility and trust after a decade of sexual abuse scandals

Fifty-eight out of 63 vote in favor of a policy paper on reforms of power and the separation of powers

BERLIN (CNS) -- The second Synodal Assembly of German Catholics ended Oct. 2 with overwhelming support for a range of proposals that, if adopted, would bring widespread reform to the church.

BERLIN (CNS) -- The second Synodal Assembly of German Catholics ended Oct. 2 with overwhelming support for a range of proposals that, if adopted, would bring widespread reform to the church.

News/analysis by Phil Lawler After adopting several statements that challenge Catholic doctrine, a plenary session of the German bishops’ “Synodal Path” was closed unexpectedly on October 2 when Bishop Georg Bätzing, the president of the episcopal conference, found that the meeting lacked a quorum.

BERLIN (CNS) -- The second Synodal Assembly of German Catholics ended Oct. 2 with overwhelming support for a range of proposals that, if adopted, would bring widespread reform to the church.

BERLIN (CNS) -- Against the background of lay Catholics anger about a Vatican decision not to censure Cologne clergy for mishandling abuse cases, German Catholics -- bishops, clergy and laity -- gathered in Frankfurt for the start of the three-day Synodal Path Assembly.

BERLIN (CNS) -- Against the background of lay Catholics anger about a Vatican decision not to censure Cologne clergy for mishandling abuse cases, German Catholics -- bishops, clergy and laity -- gathered in Frankfurt for the start of the three-day Synodal Path Assembly.