Cardinal Fernández updates synod on study group focusing on women's roles
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis decided the question of ordaining women deacons was not to be discussed at the 2024 Synod of Bishops, and he directed...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis decided the question of ordaining women deacons was not to be discussed at the 2024 Synod of Bishops, and he directed...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican's safeguarding commission has "an opportunity and obligation to make the church a more Samaritan church," Cardinal Sean...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Even if some members of the Synod of Bishops end up feeling disappointed by the results of the synod, "God's providence is at work...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A Peru-based Catholic movement active across Latin America and the United States is more of a "political project" than a religious...
Read More(OSV News) -- Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster has joined leading Catholic politicians and pro-life groups in calling on U.K. Catholics to take...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (OSV News) -- For more than three years, the church has been undergoing a universal process of listening and dialogue, from the parish level...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Jesus Christ is the heart of ecumenism, Pope Francis told leaders and representatives of the Lutheran World Federation. "He is divine...
Read MorePARIS (OSV News) -- The archbishop of Paris spoke out in favor of freedom of Catholic education in France, amid weeks of tensions and protests after the...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The decentralization of certain aspects of the Catholic Church's governance, as proposed in the Synod of Bishops on synodality, should...
Read MoreROME (CNS) -- Encouraging greater "synodal" practices in the Catholic Church should help the church find a greater balance between the power of the pope...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- An Italian publisher announced the global release in January of "Hope," a book it described as Pope Francis' autobiography, which...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis called on divided Christians to overcome their doctrinal differences and walk together in love, expressing hope especially...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The celebration of World Mission Sunday is a popular day for a pope to canonize new saints -- not only those who ministered or gave...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- If members of the Synod of Bishops are serious about sharing their experience of "synodality" with all members of the Catholic Church,...
Read More(OSV News) -- As 40 years have passed since the murder of Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko, one of their church's most famous priests, Polish Catholics are urging...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Since the 2018 Synod of Bishops on young people, listening has emerged as a central element in overcoming the structural and cultural...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican's doctrine office has mandated the laicization of an Argentine priest accused of sexually abusing minors, overturning...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Members of the Synod of Bishops must ask, listen to and prayerfully reflect on difficult questions, not dismiss or avoid them, the...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- While the Catholic Church's Synod of Bishops is not exactly like a synod in other Christian communities, the issues being discussed...
Read MoreROME (CNS) -- The pope, bishops and priests cannot fully awaken the missionary spirit of the Catholic Church alone, so all Catholics must play a more central...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A bishop who runs his diocese like a "monarch" is not only not acting synodally, but he probably is lonely and stressed, said theologians...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Popes have made a habit of exceeding the statutory limit on the number of cardinals under the age of 80, but Pope Francis is planning...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Diocese of Rome, like the Rome city government, has put so much effort into ensuring services in the historic center of the city...
Read More(OSV News) -- When asked how her faith and culture impact her day-to-day life and responsibilities as the executive director of the National Federation...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- More than two dozen popes have celebrated Mass under the giant canopy that rises over the main altar of St. Peter's Basilica, but...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican group studying the question of women's ministry, including the ordination of women to the diaconate, will expand its...
Read MoreROME (OSV News) -- As the Holy Land marked a grim first anniversary Oct. 7 of the Hamas attack on southern Israeli communities and subsequent Israel-Hamas...
Read MoreSYDNEY (OSV News) -- God works in mysterious ways, but the Holy Father is even more mysterious, Cardinal-designate Mykola Bychok, eparch of the Ukrainian...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Almost half of the 21 cardinals-to-be Pope Francis recently announced were already in Rome attending the Synod of Bishops on synodality,...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- On the one-year anniversary of the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, Pope Francis expressed his solidarity with all those suffering...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Members of the Synod of Bishops have begun looking for ways to make relationships within the Catholic Church "more transparent and...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis announced he would create 21 new cardinals Dec. 8, including a 99-year-old former nuncio and the 44-year-old Ukrainian...
Read MoreJERUSALEM (OSV News) -- Even though death surrounds them every day, Gaza Strip's Christian community tries to "relieve the suffering" by assisting each...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Controversy over women's ordination, even at the synod, detracts attention from the plight of women in the Catholic Church and society,...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- At the end of a multiyear process of listening, praying, discussing and discerning, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey,...
Read MoreKRAKÓW, Poland (OSV News) -- Christianity "freed from the old demons" can be a driving force of Europe, a French professor argued during the Sept....
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Members of the Synod of Bishops must engage in genuine dialogue with those holding differing views, avoid pushing personal agendas...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church cannot be credible in its mission of proclaiming Christ unless it acknowledges its mistakes and bends down "to...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- With many of the concrete, hot-button issues removed from the agenda and turned over to study groups, some people wonder what members...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis called the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East "unacceptable," after Israel and Hezbollah exchanged increased...
Read MoreLUXEMBOURG (CNS) -- Animated by a spirit of service, mission and joy, the Catholic Church must be welcoming toward everyone, Pope Francis said. "The spirit...
Read MoreJERUSALEM (OSV News) -- Oct. 7 will mark a year since the brutal Hamas attack on Israeli communities and the no less brutal Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza...
Read MoreLUXEMBOURG (CNS) -- Humanity needs to be motivated by spiritual values if it is to avoid being thrown into dangerous exploits and useless massacres, Pope...
Read MoreZURICH (OSV News) -- Following the death of an American woman in a so-called suicide capsule in Switzerland and the arrest of several people involved in...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Christians must acknowledge the reality of the devil acting around them and remain steadfast in resisting his temptations, Pope Francis...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The first World Youth Day to be hosted in a country where Christians are a minority will seek to instill young people with the courage...
Read MoreMANCHESTER, England (OSV News) -- The example of Blessed Carlo Acutis -- an Italian boy who is expected to become the "first millennial saint" -- reveals...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis met with the bishops of Mozambique Sept. 24, a day after he had canceled his scheduled audiences because of "a mild...
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