ANALYSIS: By reshaping competencies, tightening accountability and institutionalizing consultation, the new regulations ...

The anniversary offers an opportunity to reflect not just on what the document says, but on the young papacy of Leo XIV.

The opinion by the head of a commission charged with considering the question in effect states that the Catholic Church ...

The world lost influential people in 2025, and some of their deaths had significant impacts. Pope Francis died in April, ...

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

But a papal commission examining the question said further study was required, and advised that women should be given other ...

Pope Leo has dissolved a high-level Catholic commission established to encourage donations to the Vatican, the Vatican said ...

The new American pontiff has been far more reserved than his outspoken predecessor. But many of their underlying progressive messages remain the same.

Kate Hennessy, the Catholic Worker co-founder's granddaughter, said Day is a model for her fellow believers "to grasp faith ...

A waterfront Mass in the Lebanese capital capped the pope’s three-day visit to the Middle Eastern nation with the largest ...

Cardinal Robert Sarah, a longtime Vatican official, told a filled St. Agatha-St. James Church Nov. 21 that some forms of ...

Women now hold roles that shape the Church’s global mission —from selecting bishops to overseeing humanitarian initiatives.