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Synod on synodality

What’s the 2028 Vatican ecclesial assembly?

Pope Francis has approved a new three-year process promoting synodality.

Luke Coppen
Mar 17, 2025
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Pope Francis has approved the launch of a new three-year process promoting synodality in the worldwide Church, culminating in an ecclesial assembly at the Vatican in 2028.

Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary general of the General Secretariat of the Synod. Diocese of Gozo via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

In a March 15 letter to the world’s bishops, Vatican Cardi…

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