"Rushing" to open the diaconate to women in the Catholic Church would short-circuit a necessary reflection on the ...

The second session of the 16th Ordinary Synod of Bishops, running from Oct. 2–27, marks a critical phase in the Church’s ...

Conversion is never easy, but participants from all continents must undergo conversion if the synod is to successfully carry ...

Pope Francis launched fresh consultations Wednesday on the future of the Roman Catholic Church, which faces pressure over the ...

Pope Francis launched fresh consultations Wednesday on the future of the Roman Catholic Church, which faces pressure over the ...

The Vatican’s doctrinal summit opened this week with one issue deemed to be out of bounds: Female deacons. Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernandez, the Vatican’s prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of ...

Pope Francis told delegates at the Synod of Synodality that a bishop’s ministry requires cooperation with the laity.

In his homily during Mass for the Solemn Inauguration of the Second Session of the 16th General Assembly of the Synod of ...

The working assembly included cardinals, bishops, priests, and laypeople, including more than 50 women with voting rights.

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

Bishop Rolando Álvarez Lagos is once again in the news after Pope Francis appointed him to participate in the second session ...

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