As the church commemorates 60 years since the closing of Vatican II, here are seven key issues and documents that serve as ...

For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...

Discussions over women becoming deacons, who are ordained and can assist with services but cannot celebrate Mass, have ...

With the Vatican's Nativity scene and huge Christmas tree glittering in the Roman sun behind him, David Henrie reflected on ...

The reversal of the merger of Holy Apostles Parish with St. James Roman Catholic Church comes as a surprise. That’s no slight toward the Save Holy Apostles Parish group who banded together quickly, ...

If the church approaches women’s discernment with condescension instead of curiosity, it risks undermining the process of ...

Is the Holy Spirit telling us that female exclusion from ordained ministry and church decision-making is no longer acceptable ...

Pope Leo's selection had spurred optimism that the Church's stance on female deacons might change. That was not to be the ...

A Vatican report on women deacons published last week said that women could not be admitted to the diaconate “understood as a ...

Overall, the document reflects an effort to provide greater legal certainty, transparency, and procedural order to labor ...

Pope Leo has appointed Bishop Ronald Hicks to replace Cardinal Timothy Dolan, a friend of President Donald Trump who has ...