Pope Francis has expressed grave concern over the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, Russia, Ukraine, and Haiti, and ...

At a key Vatican synod forum, canon law professor Donata Horak urged the church to abandon its monarchical model, advocating ...

Three U.S. cardinals who met with Pope Francis aren't saying what was on the agenda. A likely topic, writes NCR's Michael Sean Winters, is the need to fill the many vacancies in U.S. metropolitan ...

Volodymyr Zelensky has accused North Korea of supplying troops to Russia to aid its war in Ukraine.The alliance between ...

No matter what the future may hold, right now Cardinal-designate Jaime Spengler faces an increasingly divided and acrimonious ...

Sister Nathalie Becquart became the first woman to vote at a Vatican meeting in 2021 when she was appointed undersecretary to the synod by Pope Francis. Her role symbolizes a breakthrough in the ...

The Vatican on Saturday published the schedule for Pope Francis’ consistory to create new cardinals, stating that the liturgy ...

The appeal came as the Pope once again called for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East, urging the parties to "pursue ...

At the current synod, whose purpose is to address “communion, participation, and mission” in the church, women’s role is on ...

VATICAN— Pope Francis has written a personal letter to the 21 men – bishops and priests from around the world – whom he will ...

For decades, unwed mothers in Italy were pressured to give up children born out of wedlock. Thousands were sent to America.