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

Bishop Ron Hicks from the Diocese of Joliet is in the running to replace Timothy Cardinal Dolan at the Archdiocese of New ...

At the time of his election in May and in the months immediately following, this correspondent expressed a cautious ...

The women meet all the requirements except one: they're not men. As deacons, they could preach at Mass and preside over baptisms, weddings and funerals.

The pontiff offers something rare: a pastor-leader urging the church to reclaim the dignity of every person — not as an ...

Pope Leo weighs Cardinal Dolan's resignation as an Illinois bishop gains momentum to lead the Archdiocese of New York.

The pope also said that Europe should be involved in security guarantees for Ukraine after meeting with Ukrainian President ...

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

Pope Leo XIV has criticized prison overcrowding during a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families.

The Vatican said an estimated 6,000 people signed up to participate in the weekend pilgrimage, including representatives from ...

Canadian Catholics must persevere in the vision “of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people walking together in prayerful and respectful ways towards a stronger, shared future,” said the Canadian ...

Reclaiming American Catholicism,' coming in at nearly 400 pages, is a comprehensive and meticulous synopsis of many of the ...