Bishops and cardinals concelebrate Mass with Pope Francis to open the second assembly of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 2, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square.
Bishops and cardinals concelebrate Mass with Pope Francis to open the second assembly of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 2, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square. (photo: Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA / EWTN)

Synod in Swing/New Cardinals/Suicide Pods

The Synod on Synodality completes week one and Pope Francis continues to transform the College of Cardinals with 21 new members. EWTN News Senior Vatican Analyst Frank Rocca provides analysis.And then, assisted suicide continues its grim progress in Western Europe as the so-called ‘Suicide Pod’ Claims Its First Victim, an American woman, who traveled to Switzerland to die. Register staff writer Peter Laffin has the story.