The final document for the North American phase of the 2021-2024 Synod on Synodality was released April 12, capturing a process of dialogue and discernment.
Synod’s ‘messy,’ ‘joyful’ North American phase concludes with call to mission, moves to Rome
Partners in mission: Dicastery promotes ‘co-responsibility’ of clergy, laity
Related to the Synod of Bishops’ goal of promoting a church where people listen to one another and work together to share the Gospel and care for the poor, a Vatican dicastery is asking: How do clergy and laity walk and work side by side?
Joy, gratitude and honest words mark close of synod’s North American phase
“The love for people’s Catholic faith and their Catholic identity abounds in the meetings. It’s so present, and it underlies everything,” said Julia McStravog, a theologian and co-coordinator of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ team for the continental phase of the synod.