Demonstrators in Rome demand women be allowed to be ordained as Catholic priests:::: Kate McElwee, Executive Director, ...

On the first day of the final session of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality, the study group responsible for evaluating the ...

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The Synod on Synodality commenced its second day on Thursday in which 356 participants convened at the Vatican.

On the first day of the final session of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality, a study group responsible for evaluating the ...

ANALYSIS: The tone of the opening days of the Synod’s final assembly signals that those hoping for sweeping change may be ...

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"Rushing" to open the diaconate to women in the Catholic Church would short-circuit a necessary reflection on the relationship between ordained ministry and charismatic leadership, particularly as it ...

Kicking off the next phase of a closely-watched Vatican reform synod on Wednesday, Pope Francis urged delegates to focus on ...

Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, the Vatican’s doctrine chief, announced today that “based on the analysis so far…there is ...

Never can a bishop, or any other Christian, think of himself ‘without others,’” Pope Francis said Wednesday at the first ...

Pope Francis said he wanted to respond to a "storm of chattering" that had developed around his expansion of synod membership ...