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The General Secretary for the Synodal Pathway of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Julieann Moran, was in Rome for the closing days of the Universal Synod on the theme of synodality. Although the Universal Synod came to a close on Sunday, 27 October, the participants...

The final document from the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod has been published and is available below as a working translation in English. Our General Secretary, Julieann Moran, was in Rome for the closing days of the second session of the Assembly to...

Prayers for the Universal Synod The Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference prayed for all of the participants at the Second Session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which formally opens today in the Vatican today, 2 October and will...

New Dates Added! Our Facilitative Leadership Training Programme was launched in February this year and the feedback from each of the six locations was tremendous. We have been fortunate to secure two more course dates, both in Knock, this October. So, if you missed...

The Second Instrumentum Laboris that will guide the work of the second session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (2 to 27 October) has been released and can be accessed below. The document advances proposals for a missionary Church in...

What does God want from the Church in Ireland at this time? In fulfilment of its remit to guide a two-year process of synodal listening and discernment for the Catholic Church in Ireland, the Report from the Steering Committee for the Synodal Pathway of the...

Following the Winter General Meeting of the Irish Bishops' Conference, a research report, commissioned by the National Steering Committee of the Irish Synodal Pathway has now been published. In keeping with the spirit and methodology of the synodal process, the...

In October 2021, Pope Francis announced a Universal Synod on the theme of synodality. Its official title is ‘For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission.’ Following two years of preparation, listening and dialogue at diocesan, continental and...

In the late afternoon of Saturday 28 October 2023, the members of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops adopted the Synthesis Report which was initially published in Italian. The official report is now also available in English by clicking on...