Collaboration and compassion are two keys to a bishop's role in a synod church, argues the Most Reverend W. Shawn McKnight, the bishop of Jefferson City, Mo.

Is it possible to be a contemplative caretaker?

Our readers weigh in on the recent discussion between Rachel Lu and Matthew Cortese, S.J. on diverse forms of reverence in the Mass.

Nature abhors a vacuum, and without a clear focus for conversation at the synod, people will naturally try to fill it with any number of issues.

Why can't the U.S. bishops use their bully pulpit and their extensive media access to issue a public rebuke to JD Vance, as they did to Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi?

Greg Hillis, who died on the morning of Oct. 8, leaves behind a large and diverse community of family and friends all over the world. For so many of us, he was a true friend in the Lord.

Far more Americans think that faith is all about politics than is actually the case. And that misconception is harming the power of faith as an American institution.

On this episode of Inside the Vatican, host Colleen Dulle and veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell are joined by producer Ricardo da Silva, S.J., to recap the first week of the synod.

Pope Francis preaches about synodality, but the canon lawyers are showing us how to make it more than a pious wish that can be ignored by pastors and bishops who prefer to stick to the old ways.

A Homily for the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Terrance Klein