The Latest Breaking News from Synod

On a barge on Rome's River Tiber, a stone's throw from the Vatican, Loan Rocher was "ordained" in a secret ceremony in defiance of the Catholic Church's ban on women deacons and priests.

Pope Francis leads a synod to increase women's roles in church leadership, addressing current Catholic needs and fostering dialogue for positive change.

The Archbishop of Canterbury told the Church of England’s General Synod on Monday that the ‘bloodshed must cease’.

Giving an update on progress made since the vote to approve prayers, the Bishop of London recognised that disagreement in the church remains.

The Catholic church today is deeply polarised. This has created doctrinal fissures that are seemingly unbridgeable.

Delegates at a meeting of 300 priests in Kochi's Ernakulam Archdiocese of Syro Malabar Church decided to stand by the traditional mode of worship and selected a 12-member ad hoc committee to inform their stand to the Pope and Synod. The committee will pursue their concerns on imposition of a…

The Reverend Tom Woolford described marriage fees as being ‘like a poll tax’, ahead of a vote on the matter at the General Synod

The Reverend Tom Woolford described marriage fees as being ‘like a poll tax’, ahead of a vote on the matter at the General Synod.

There will be no compromise on the unified observance of holy mass in parishes under the Syro-Malabar Church, Major Archbishop Cardinal Mar George Alencherry has said in a communication issued to bishops, priests, and laity on Friday, after the culmination of the Syro-Malabar Synod