Around 200 parish priests met outside Rome last week for an official synod meeting after some members of the 2023 synod assembly said not enough parish priests had been included.

What is believed to be the first pastoral assembly of its kind in an Irish archdiocese, involving laity, clergy and religious, is to take place in Tuam archdiocese next autumn.

A leading expert on pastoral theology has underscored that the Catholic Church must quickly and effectively engage young Catholics through dialogue, awareness, listening, respect, humility ...

Several contributions outlined the phases that make up this synodal journey in which they will reflect on the theme of the Assembly: "An outgoing missionary parish for the new times". The first ANP ...

It is also a time for trust in the Lord's Spirit, as the Assembly of Bishops and Pastoral Vicars is now reflecting on the road to take in pastoral renewal in parishes, at the light of the Aparecida ...

A Chancery Training and Formation session for parish office administrators was held at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Centre, June ...

The Church’s diocesan assembly, meeting later this month, will be discussing a report on the implementation of the pastoral plan for 2007-08, the general lines of the plan for 2009-11, ...

NEWARK, New Jersey — Parish pastoral council members are quietly at work in parishes across the Archdiocese of Newark. “Councils are trying to read the pulse of the parish and improve the life ...

In a country where the Catholic Church shies away from appointing laypersons to positions of any form of pastoral authority, Michaella Cheon Jin-a is something of a fish out of water. Father Pius Cho ...

This is according to the Instruction "The pastoral conversion of the Parish community in the service of the evangelising mission of the Church" released by the Congregation for the Clergy today.