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Professor Anna Rowlands, who has played a key role in the development of the Synodal Process, has said the Synod will be concerned with the ‘who’ of the Church rather than the ‘what’ of the Church.

Professor Serena Noceti explores the recent rediscovery of synodality in the Church and how the papacy of Pope Francis has laid the foundations for its rapid growth.

In a letter addressed to bishops and eparchs from all over the world, Cardinal Mario Grech,, invites the faithful from around the world to prayerfully participate in the Synod of Bishops this October.

Catholicism faces its greatest crisis since the Reformation, failing to address properly the pressing needs of the faithful in a world, to paraphrase Paul VI, requiring prophetic witnesses and not “mere teachers”, writes Peter Keenan.

Cardinal Oswald Gracias explains how the papacy of Francis has been marked by the activation of previously discarded fruits of Vatican II, namely the pioneering Lumen Gentium.

The president of the German Bishops’ Conference, Georg Baetzing, has said the crisis of confidence in the archdiocese of Cologne is affecting the Church throughout Germany.

The German Catholic Press Association (GKP) is calling on the Vatican to open the planned deliberations of the World Synod of Bishops to the media.

The evolution of the Church in Ireland – a shining example of how even once towering monoliths are not immune to collapse as Roisin Waters finds out when she interviews anthropologist Hugh Turpin.

The Bishop of Passau, Stefan Oster, has voiced strong criticism of the Synodal Path reform consultations of the Catholic Church in Germany.

The World Synod enters a crucial phase in October. Arch-conservative Catholics vehemently reject the Pope’s project. They are pushing their arguments with a new book – and lashing out against the German Synodal Path.