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The National Synodal Cup 2022-23 will be in July and October to coincide with the 15th National Congress of Vietnamese bishops, which is organizing the event. The tournament is designed to foster fraternity among local clergy before the 2023 assembly of the Synod of Bishops on synodality.

The Catholic Bishops of Ireland wrap up their Summer 2022 General Meeting in Maynooth, as Irish Church prepares for its National Pre-Synodal Assembly to take place on 18 June.

Throughout July, some 100,000 people will be able to participate in a free, online seminar about synodality, curated by three theologians from Latin America and including witnesses from all around the world.

A host of Catholic institutions are teaming up to offer a series of free, online courses to explore discernment and decision making in the Church, as part of the ongoing Synod on synodality.

On Wednesday morning, the Australian Church distributed a document to the 280 delegates of its nationwide consultation process taking place in July.

The COVID-19 pandemic not only caused a one-year delay in holding the World Meeting of Families, it also prompted a look at new ways to involve Catholic families from around the world and to ensure that they take the lead in ministering to each other.

In a videomessage for the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, Pope Francis reflects on the meaning of synodality and communion, insisting both are necessary as the Church embarks on the synodal journey.

During an audience May 7 with members of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy, also known as the Mercedarians, the pope said that just as Mary told servants at the wedding in Cana to do as Jesus said, she also urges Christians today to listen to Christ to fulfill their mission.

Key findings cited in the first U.S. diocesan synod report available for public consumption highlight a strong desire from parishioners for the church to better reach out to the marginalized, be more transparent, be more consistent in moral teaching, and focus on the “critical” need to reengage youth and young adults in the faith.

According to one of the theologians advising the Vatican office organizing the synod of bishops, the laity has grown numb after centuries of simply saying “amen.”

In an address to the International Union of Superiors General (UISG), Pope Francis invites women religious to reflect on St Peter and Mary Magdalene in order to put themselves at the service of others, and encourages them to make their own synodal journey.

The Vatican office organizing a major 2023 Vatican summit on synodality held a preparation meeting last week, saying the synod of bishops has already begun.

The International Union of Superiors General prepares to holds its 22nd plenary assembly on 2-6 May in Rome, and presents its work to reporters at the Holy See Press Office.

The 22nd Assembly of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG) is expected to meet in Rome from 2 to 6 May. The issues discussed at the gathering will be illustrated on Friday at a press conference in the Vatican

Before the General Audience on Wednesday, the Pope met with a delegation from the "Global Researchers Advancing Catholic Education Project," reiterating the importance of a dynamic education.

"What is the vocation of the church? It is not numbers. It is to evangelize," the pope told his Jesuit confreres April 3. "The real problem is not whether we are few, but whether the church evangelizes."

In a letter to the Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly, Pope Francis invites the faithful to adhere to the decision of the Synod of Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Archepiscopal Church concerning the form of celebration of the Holy Qurbana prior to Easter 2022.

Pope Francis says Institutes of Consecrated Life are “repositories of a great heritage and of a rich tradition of synodality,” in an audience with participants in the General Chapter of the Sisters of St Dorothy.

A synodal conference gathering African Catholics reflects on the concerns and challenges of African Catholics, as the universal Church continues on the two-year synodal process leading to the Synod of Bishops in October 2023.

At a time when divisiveness runs rampant in the church and broader society, Kim Daniels suggested a way to overcome it is stepping back from “large forces” like media and politics and living out the Catholic faith through service in everyday life.