Pope Francis Announces Decision to Extend Synod on Synodality to 2024, by Courtney Mares

By Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency, Oct. 16, 2022

Vatican City, Oct 16, 2022 / 05:30 am – Pope Francis announced on Sunday that the Synod on Synodality will be extended to 2024.

Speaking in his Angelus address on Oct. 16, the pope shared his decision to divide the Synod of Bishops into two sessions that will meet in Rome in October 2023 and October 2024.

Pope Francis explained that he made the decision “in order to have a more relaxed period of discernment.”

“The fruits of the synodal process under way are many, but so that they might come to full maturity, it is necessary not to be in a rush,” Francis said. …