Advocates for a greater role for women in the Catholic Church say Pope Francis is failing their cause at a global meeting of ...

Newly ordained deacons pray during their ordination Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 3, 2024. (CNS ...

There has been an alarming lack of transparency around the work of the synod’s ‘Study Group 5,’ tasked with examining, among ...

China and the Vatican have agreed to extend a provisional agreement on the appointment of Catholic bishops in China for four ...

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández told synod delegates that the study into female diaconate would continue, but insisted that questions on women's leadership in the Catholic Church should not be linked ...

The meeting with around a dozen LGBT activists comes six months after the Vatican’s doctrinal office [USN:L5N3GH22K ...

Colin Barnicle, the self-proclaimed “worst intern in the history of the Boston Red Sox,” tells GQ all about his experience working for the Sox, learning to forgive Grady Little, and his new Netflix ...

The case involves former Argentine priest Ariel Alberto Príncipi, who was accused in 2021 of sexually abusing minors ...

The bishop’s request “was motivated by his desire to continue growing in priestly life and in service to the Church and the ...

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi has been sent to Moscow for the second time, ‘with a view to achieving the much-hoped-for peace.’ ...

Pope Francis met with LGBTQ+ Catholics to discuss the Catholic Church ban on gender-affirming care for trans people.

At the end of 2022, the number of Catholics in the world reached 1.389 billion, up 0.79% from 1.378 billion Catholics at the end of 2021, according to the Vatican's Central Office of Church ...