Pope Leo spoke of synodality in his homily for the Synodal Teams Jubilee mass on 26th October 2025.

On 24th October 2025, Pope Leo engaged in a meeting-dialogue with participants of the Synodal Teams Jubilee, answering 7 key questions about synodality.

The Vatican Secretariat of the Synod are compiling a map of Synodality around the world, as seen on their website.

Sr Nathalie Becquart xmcj has shared an interim ‘global mapping’ document of synodality so far around the world, including SfS, published June 2025

Resources relating to the implementation phase of the Final Synod Document.

The Final Document of the XVI Assembly is now available to view in various languages, along with an accompanying note from Pope Francis.

Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP, former Master of the Dominican Order, gave a series of meditations at the pre-Synod retreats held for the participants of the 16th Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, in October 2023 and 2024.

The Diocese of Westminster has put together a collection of key quotes from the Final Document: “An Informal Reaping of the Fruits”

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

Avril reflects on her Synod experiences for the Northampton Diocese in these two interviews - one with Austen Ivereigh, the other with a NBCW representative.

Pope Francis has often spoken about about synodality, in various contexts. These are homilies and reflections directly relating to the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops 2021-2024.

A book setting out an approach to Pastoral Planning based on communal discernment written with a broad-based audience in mind.

Journal article exploring the Ignatian roots of the conversation in the spirit.

Letter of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops to the People of God.

Theological Briefing Papers put together as part of a mapping project of all academic material on Synodality in English, Spanish, French and German

Resource Type: Theological bibliography and accessible theological briefing papers

This extract from the Working Document sums up characteristics of a synodal Church

Resource Type: Seven pages speaking about what it actually looks like to be a synodal Church, based on the international listening process that has taken place so far of the 2021-24 Synod.

Some short introductory videos to Synodality from the Apsel.ie introductory course on Synodality

Resource Type: Seven short 1-3 minute videos introducing different aspects of Synodality from a collaborative formation project based in Ireland.

Jos Moons SJ has published an article drawing on the academic literature on Synodality in one comprehensive introduction.

Resources Type: A 21 page academic article that draws on many sources to give a comprehensive summary of synodality

An article exploring the fruits of the local processes of listening as part of the 2021-24 Synod and the Liverpool Synod, and the good synodality can do in our communities.

Resource type: A Tablet article from Chris Knowles about the power of listening in parishes at the local level

The document on Synodality from the International Theological Commission, an advisory body to the Roman Curia.

Resource type: a comprehensive, detailed and robust theological extrapolation of the fundamental theology of Synodality from the Vatican ITC