Participants in the first general ordinary assembly of the Synod on Synodality speak to the media Oct. 26 at the Vatican.
Participants in the first general ordinary assembly of the Synod on Synodality speak to the media Oct. 26 at the Vatican. (photo: Daniel Ibáñez / CNA)

Synod on Synodality 2023: What to Make of the Summary Report? (Nov. 4)

The month-long meeting of Catholics at the Vatican known as the Synod on Synodality ended last weekend with the issuing of the synod’s synthesis report. The report marking the close of this assembly didn’t actually draw many conclusions, so what was the result of this gathering? What’s next? And why should it matter for Catholics in the pews? To provide some answers to these questions, and to give some perspective from the ground in Rome, we are joined by the Register’s Senior Editor Jonathan Liedl.

Ships participate in Operation Sail between the Statue of Liberty and the World Trade Center to celebrate the U.S. bicentennial in New York on July 4, 1976.

Rekindling the Spirit of 1976

EDITORIAL: We would do well to appreciate the vital role that Catholics and the Catholic Church and its institutions and apostolates have had in the founding, defense and strengthening of our Union.