The Vatican has confirmed the next phase of the global Synod on Synodality, announcing a sequence of preparatory meetings and continental assemblies that will extend the process through 2028. The plan, approved during a session of the Synod’s governing council in April, signals the continuation of a reform initiative first launched under the previous pontificate but now being implemented under the direct oversight of Pope Leo XIV.
The announcement was issued by the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops following an online meeting of its XVI Ordinary Council chaired by Cardinal Mario Grech. The session opened with prayer led by Nathalie Becquart XMCJ, a Religious sister with the Congregation of Xavières, before turning to practical planning for the implementation phase of the Synod’s final document approved in 2024.
