At the World Synod in Rome, four women joined to advocate for ordaining women as deacons. Though the topic remains off the table officially, the message highlights the Church’s internal conflict ...

PTB, as those of us who firmly believe in his national assignment call Pastor Tunde Bakare, is a paragon of public morality.

A charged soap opera about the sacred process of papal selection should have never seen the light of day. Here’s how star Ralph Fiennes and ‘Conclave’ filmmakers brought the Oscar contender to life.

As the world gathers this week for U.N. biodiversity negotiations, the U.S. hasn’t ratified a decades-old treaty to protect ...

Diocesan priests likewise grew to know Sheetz well over the years. “She had a very good reputation among all the priests.

Cardinal Renato Martino, the former Vatican observer at the United Nations and former president of the pontifical councils ...

So I had a bit of a conversion during the synod: I am not only open to synodality, but I believe it is a powerful way to ...

Archbishop Andrew Nkea of Bamenda, Cameroon, said the continent’s delegates helped defeat a proposal to give national ...

For the delegates, the synod was an experience of meeting the risen Lord, but some in the church will only see an empty tomb ... “what comes from the Holy Spirit cannot be stopped.” “Inequality ...

A wide diversity of views on these topics remains, as the votes by the delegates approving each section of Saturday ... what ...

Fr. James Martin shares his five insights from the synod's final document, just approved by Pope Francis and published by the ...

The revolutionary government sent Felipe Agoncillo to the United States to secure recognition of Philippine independence.