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.

By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service Pope Francis opened the second session of the Synod of Bishops defending his decision ...

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.

During the penitential celebration that opened the second session of the Synod of Bishops on synodality, the cardinals asked ...

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

Led by the Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice, the “Queer Kairos Document” calls for LGBTQIA+ inclusion and ...

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

POPE Francis has called for a global day of prayer and fasting on Monday, October 7 to mark the one-year anniversary of the ...

After decades of progressive dissent, the leaders of the Christian Reformed Church in America finally took a firm stand ...