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Bishops and youth auditors from the synod walk the Via Francigena in Rome, Oct.25, 2018.

Synod bishops and youth delegates pray together along medieval pilgrimage route

Oct 25, 2018

By Courtney Mares

As the 2018 Synod of Bishops draws to a close, young people and bishops walked together along a medieval pilgrimage... Read more

Cardinal Wilfrid Napier of South Africa at a briefing on the Synod of Bishops on October 20, 2015 in the Holy See Press Office.

5 bishops who could move the youth synod

Oct 1, 2018

By Ed Condon

This week the Synod of Bishops begins its fifteenth ordinary general session, convoked to discuss the themes of young people,... Read more

Cardinal Wilfrid Napier, O.F.M., of Durban, speaks at the Holy See press office Oct. 14, 2014.

Controversy prompts Vatican to clarify synod midterm

Oct 14, 2014

After a media frenzy and lively internal debate were both raised by the publication of the midterm relatio of the... Read more