24/06/2026
Synod: a long and promising journey
  Meeting of the heads of the continental bodies of the Catholic Church begins   Opening the proceedings in the late afternoon of Tuesday, 23 June, Cardinal Mario Grech, Secretary General of the General Secretariat of the Synod, began with a brief ...
20/05/2026
Towards the Ecclesial Assembly of October 2028
  Guidelines published for the path of implementation of the Synod on Synodality Vatican, 20 May 2026   Four stages — Recollecting, Interpreting, Orienting, Celebrating — will accompany the local Churches, Episcopal Conferences, and continental ...
24/03/2026
The pastoral challenge of polygamy and listening to the cry of the poor and the earth
  Publication of the Final Reports of Study Group No. 2 and of the SECAM Commission Vatican, 24 March 2026   The General Secretariat of the Synod today publishes the Final Report of Study Group No. 2, To hear the cry of the poor and the earth, ...
22/06/2026
Heads of continental bodies gather in Rome for three days of work on the 2027–2028 Assemblies
Following the conclusion of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly (October 2024), the Church has entered the implementation phase of the Synod on Synodality, which will be marked by the ecclesial Assemblies of 2027–2028. On Thursday 25, Pope Leo XIV will ...
05/05/2026
The selection of bishops and the handling of emerging doctrinal, pastoral and ethical questions
  Publication of the Final Reports of Study Groups No. 7 and No. 9 Vatican, 5 May 2026   The General Secretariat of the Synod today publishes the first part – concerning the criteria for the selection of candidates to the episcopacy – of the ...
10/03/2026
Women’s Participation in the Life and Leadership of the Church
Publication of the Final Report of Study Group No. 5 Vatican, 10 March 2026   The General Secretariat of the Synod today publishes the Final Report of Study Group No. 5 on Women’s participation in the life and leadership of the Church. “When ...
03/06/2026
The Progress of the People of God from a Participatory Perspective
Address by Cardinal Mario Grech at the Second Symposium on “Inclusive Governance in a Synodal Church” Rome, 3 June 2026   I am very pleased to be with you today and grateful for the invitation to open this Symposium on Inclusive Governance in a ...
20/04/2026
Meeting of the XVI Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod
  Vatican, 17 April 2026   The General Secretariat of the Synod convened, on the afternoon of Friday, 17 April, the XVI Ordinary Council, held online. Following a moment of prayer led by Sr. Nathalie Becquart, XMCJ, Undersecretary of the General ...