Fr. James Martin shares his five insights from the synod's final document, just approved by Pope Francis and published by the Vatican.

At a time when the church’s doctrinal teachings on faith and morals are questioned everywhere, the relevance of such teachings to the believers brought up in diverse contexts is of utmost importance.

The “Inside the Vatican” team is together in Rome—live and in person—for the Synod on Synodality’s final week. They cover last week’s most contentious story: the meeting with Study Group 5, which is considering ways to increase participation for women in the Church, including the possibility of women deacons.

A ‘Jesuitical’ conversation with Michael Sean Winters of the National Catholic Reporter about the ways the synod is (and isn’t) taking root in the U.S. church

Recognizing the doctrinal authority of bishops’ conferences does not mean allowing them to reject the teaching authority of the pope, said the head of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops.

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI, didn’t think much of bishops’ conferences. Among those who disagreed with the cardinal was Francis A. Sullivan, S.J.