We are all called to serve, and sometimes, I think, Pope Francis is suggesting that discussions about ordination can distract from that. 

We must all learn to change our mindset regarding our role and participation in ecclesial life if we want to experience a truly synodal church.

The task of becoming a truly synodal church will demand sacrifices from all the baptized, writes Zac Davis.

More than half a million people formally left the Catholic Church in Germany last year, significantly higher than the previous record as the church wrestles with a long-running scandal over abuse by clergy.

In a way, maybe we are living all together as baptized Christians in the synodal process in the same way that the council fathers at Vatican II experienced collegiality in their role as bishops.

Even after decades of Ireland’s rapid societal secularization, clergy and laypeople have cause for optimism about the renewal of the Catholic faith first brought to the Emerald Isle by St. Patrick in 432.