The synod concluded without movement on the question of women deacons, but kept the issue open. That was frustrating to advocates but also has helped some remain hopeful.

Ann Patchett is owning her shortcomings. On Wild Card this week, she opens up about religion and the place that shaped her as ...

The New Orleans Saints could use all the help they can get right now, and they continue to receive blessings from the Vatican.

The pope – or at least someone in the Vatican communications office – has been inadvertently rooting for the Saints since Nov ...

The Catholic and Protestant churches were brought to Uganda by European missionaries in the late 19th century. The first two ...

an Asian bishop asked one of his South American ... journalists. This year, he hasn’t said anything about the matter. It must be said that the media pressure has lessened. When asked, the ...

The true face of Israel's war on Gaza is hidden from Western public opinion through the Western media’s ignoring of Israel's attacks and war crimes, according to a US journalist. Max Blumenthal ...

“For some of his more fringe critics, Francis is the Antichrist, sundering the church from within, playing with dogma, more pap and mush than rigorous orthodoxy, playing to his fans, weakening his ...

OTTAWA - The Leaders’ Debate Commission has announced two seasoned broadcast journalists will moderate the French and English leaders’ debates in the next federal election. TVO host Steve ...

Catholic voters have always been a key voting ... But over those decades, she noted that the makeup of American Catholics has also changed as the number of non-white Catholics has grown.

On Sunday, Oct. 27, the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which began on Oct. 2 and focused on the theme “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission ...