"Rethinking the Church: Synod on Synodality Calls for Transformation"

The Vatican's Synod on Synodality has called for a rethinking of the entire Church, focusing on authority, decentralization, co-responsibility of the laity, and concrete changes to the institutional Church. The delegates were presented with a vision for a synodal Church, emphasizing the need for new processes, institutions, and structures. The discussions will address participation, governance, and authority, with a focus on how to bring about concrete changes for lay Catholics. The theologians at the synod stressed the importance of a synodal form of Church and the involvement of all subjects, including the people of God, the College of Bishops, and the bishop of Rome. The synod aims to inspire a reform of the Church itself in a synodal sense.