The Lineamenta: the Document and Questions for Reflection to prepare for the Synod on the Family, in October of 2015

The Working Document for the Synod on the Family
"The Vocation and Mission of the Family in the Church and the Contemporary World"
An outstanding summary of the issues the Synod will discuss and address.

How the Synod will Proceed:
And excellent summary of the process over the three weeks of the Synod.

Vatican Press Office Communications Channel
with terrific daily video updates and interviews

A video of the Pre-Synod Vigil celebration | tet of homily

A video of the Opening Mass of the Synod | text of homily

Pope Francis' Opening Address to the Synod
Press Conference about Day 1
Archbishop Cupich's video update

The Early Presentations for the first two days.
Pess Conference about Day 2
Archbishop Cupich's video reflection on day 2

Synod is meeting in language groups on day 3
Press Conference about Day 3
Archbishop Cupich's video reflection on day 3

Press Conference about Day 4
Married Couples Share Their Experience with the Synod
Archbishop Cupich's video reflection on Day 4

Read the reports of the small language group discusison

Prress Conference about Day 5
Archbishop Cupich's video reflection on Day 5 on the move to the second part of the Working document.

Press Conference about Day 6

Sunday is a day off and the Small Groups resume on Monday to discuss the second part of hte Working Document.

Press Conference about Day 7

Archbishop Cupich's video reflection as the second week begins.
Press Conference about Day 8

Report of the Small Group discussions of Part Two of the Working Document | Text of Small Group Reports
Archbishop Cupich's video reflections on the small group reports: Discerning the role of the Word of God for path forward
Salt and Light video on small group themes.

Press Conferece about Day 9

Press Conference about Day 10

Archbishop Cupich's video reflection on Reconciliation, as Synod Bishops move back into small group discussions of Part Three of the Working Document.

Remarks of the Holy Father and the Interventions of 15 Bishops at hte Synod, and the text of the first set of English language group reports - and all in the PDF version from latest Origins

Holy Father began the final week of the Synod addressing the Synod on the 50th Anniversary of the institution of the Synod of Bishops by Blessed Pope Paul IV.

Press Conference about Day 12
Archbishop Cupich's video reflection on the remarks of the Holy Father.

Press Conference about Day 13
Archbishop Cupich's video reflection on the second day of small groups
and the dual role of the listening and teaching Church.

The texts of the reports of the small group discussions on the third part of the Working Document, by language groups
A summary of the small group discussions.

Press Conference about Day 14

Archbishop Cupich's video reflection on theFeast Day of Feast of St. Pope John Paul II

Press Conference about Day 15 - describing how the final document will be prepared, presented to the bishops, voted on and presented to the Holy Father.

Media Undate as the final document is being finalized before it is voted on by the Bishops on the last day.

Archbishop Cupich's final video reflection on this pastoral Synod.

The Conclusion of the Synod

The Final Report in a Vatican English translation

The Final Report of the Synod in the official Italian. The vote on each paragraph is listed at the end of this Italian version. Each paragraph received more than a 2/3 majority.

Vatican Summary of the Final Report

Pope Francis' Concluding Remarks to the Synod

Pope Francis' beautiful homily at the Closing Mass of the Synod

The Lineamenta: the Document and Questions for Reflection to prepare for the Synod on the Family, in October of 2015

The Extraordinary Synod laid the foundation for discussion and preparations in dioceses around the world for the Synod in October of 2015.

We have collected a variety of resources from the Synod itself and will add to this site, as resources for further discussion become available.

Read some of these final resources to get a sense of the power and importance of this Synod.

Cardinal Baldisseri's Summary of the outcome of the Synod

Pope Francis' powerful final talk to the Synod - followed by a 4 minute standing ovation.

The final Synod Relatio - Document, voted paragraph by paragraph to describe the consensus of the Synod participants. (This is the official Italian version.) Here is the official English translation.

The Final Message of the Synod of Bishops

The Proceedings of the Synod
A collection of links to the documents, speeches, press conferences and key activities of the Synod.

Background on the Synod - Understanding its purpose and reading the Survey results which form the content of the Synod discussions

Interviews with Bishops inside the Synod

Testimonies of Married Couples at the Synod