Recommended: ‘Recollecting’ Document
Recommended resource: The General Secretariat of the Synod offers Bishops and synodal teams criteria and practical guidance for the 2027 stage
Recommended: Magnifica Humanitas and Synodality
Recommended resource: The US Jesuit publication America Magazine has published an analysis article of Pope Leo’s latest encyclical, ‘Where synodality shows up in ‘Magnifica Humanitas’’, written by Erin Brigham.
Recommended: How To Manage Conflict in Local Communities
Recommended Resource: Pax Christi in collaboration with the Synod Secretariat have created this resource on navigating challenging conversations and conflicts with synodality tools.
Recommended: Towards the Assemblies 2027-28
Recommended Resource: Synod Secretariat’s ‘Towards the Assemblies 2027-2028’
Recommended: Journal of Moral Theology - Women at the Synod on Synodality
Recommended Resource: Women Theologians who attended the Synod on Synodality offer 9 essays for The Journal of Moral Theology
Recommended: Pope Leo’s sermon at Synodal Teams Jubilee
Recommended Resource: Pope Leo spoke of synodality in his homily for the Synodal Teams Jubilee mass on 26th October 2025.
Recommended: Pope Leo Q&A at Synodal Teams Jubilee
Recommended Resource: On 24th October 2025, Pope Leo engaged in a meeting-dialogue with participants of the Synodal Teams Jubilee, answering 7 key questions about synodality.
Recommended: World Map of Synodality
Recommended Resource: The Vatican Secretariat of the Synod are compiling a map of Synodality around the world, as seen on their website.
Recommended: A global overview of the implementation of synodality in local churches
Recommended Resource: Sr Nathalie Becquart xmcj has shared an interim ‘global mapping’ document of synodality so far around the world, including SfS, published June 2025
Implementation phases of the Final Synod Document
Recommended Resource: Resources relating to the implementation phase of the Final Synod Document.
Final Document from the Second Session of the 16th Assembly
Recommended Resource: The Final Document of the XVI Assembly is now available to view in various languages, along with an accompanying note from Pope Francis.
Recommended: ‘How to be a Synodal Church in Mission’ - Westminster Diocese
Recommended Resource:The Diocese of Westminster has put together a collection of key quotes from the Final Document: “An Informal Reaping of the Fruits”
Recommended: The Future of Synodality - Kristin Colberg & Jos Moon SJ
This book offers a primer on the theological and historical origins of synodality, while offering concrete suggestions for the attitudes, structures and practices of personal and communal conversion required
Recommended: Welcoming the Spirit: Christina Kheng
Recommended Resource: A book setting out an approach to Pastoral Planning based on communal discernment written with a broad-based audience in mind.