Below we present some of the speeches in which Pope Francis makes explicit reference to the synodal process. They guide the Church in this time of listening, dialogue, prayer and discernment so that this process can truly be lived as kairos, a time of openness to what the Spirit is saying to the Church. 

 

Specific speeches on the synodal process

  • 2021 September 18 -  Address to the faithful of the diocese of Rome [ AR  - DE  - EN  - ES  - FR  - IT  - PT ]
  • 2021 October 9 - Address for the operning of the Synod [ AR  - DE  - EN  - ES  - FR  - IT  - PL  - PT ]
  • 2021 October 10 - Homily for the opening of the Synodal path [ AR  - DE  - EN  - ES  - FR  - IT  - PL  - PT ]

 

Addresses with references to the synodal process

  • 2021 December 23 - Address to the Roman Curia [ AR  - DE  - EN  - ES  - FR  - IT  - PL  - PT ]
  • 2022 January 23 - Angelus of the Sunday of the Word of God [ AR  - DE  - EN  - ES  - IT  - PL  - PT ]
  • 2022 January 24 - Publication of the Message for the 56th World Day of Social Communications [ AR  - DE  - EN  - ES  - FR  - IT  - PL  - PT ]

 

Speeches, texts, homilies on the more general theme of Synodality

  • 2015 October 17 - Address on the occasion of the ceremony commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Institution of the Synod of Bishops [ DE  - EN  - ES  - FR  - IT  - PT ]