Pope Leo XIV has spoken at length about the role of synodality in the life of the Church in a newly released interview published by Crux on 14 September.

The remarks on synodality form part of a forthcoming biography, León XIV: ciudadano del mundo, misionero del siglo XXI, written by Crux senior correspondent Elise Ann Allen and to be published in Spanish by Penguin Peru on 18 September. English and Portuguese editions will follow in 2026.

In the video excerpts, Pope Leo is shown seated against a wall in a darkened room, speaking into a simple recorder on the table before him.

The Pope, elected in March, described synodality as “an attitude, an openness, a willingness to understand”. He said it meant that every member of the Church had a voice and a role to play “through prayer, reflection … through a process”. …