Preparatory document for the October 2026 Meeting published Vatican, 6 July 2026   The Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life and the General Secretariat of the Synod have published the Thematic framework, the preparatory and guiding document ...

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 ...

  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 ...

  Meeting with the leaders of continental bodies   “The meeting with the Holy Father was for all the participants a powerful sign of support and encouragement as they continue their work for the Church's synodal conversion.” With these ...

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 ...

  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 ...

  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 ...

  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 ...