Sinodi ya maaskofu (kwa Kiingereza: Synod of Bishops) katika Kanisa Katoliki leo ni mkutano maalumu unaofanyika mara kwa mara ili kumshauri Papa kwa niaba ya maaskofu wote duniani. Sinodi hiyo ina sekretarieti ya kudumu mjini Roma. Papa Fransisko ameendelea sera za watangulizi wake wa kuongeza mamlaka na athari ya sinodi hiyo katika Kanisa lote. Urika wa maaskofu Kanuni 342 ya Sheria za Kanisa (CIC) inaifafanua hivi: "a group of bishops who have been chosen from different regions of the world and meet together at fixed times to foster closer unity between the Roman Pontiff and bishops, to assist the Roman Pontiff with their counsel in the preservation and growth of faith and morals and in the observance and strengthening of ecclesiastical discipline, and to consider questions pertaining to the activity of the Church in the world." "Summary of the synod assemblies", Synodal Information, Vatican City: General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops, 15 September 2007 . http://www.ncregister.com/blog/edward-pentin/pope-francis-boosts-authority-of-the-synod-of-bishops Code of Canon Law (CIC), Rome: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 4 November 2003 [1983] .