Pope Francis faced calls to overturn the Catholic Church's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender people on Saturday ...
Pope Francis has expressed grave concern over the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, Russia, Ukraine, and Haiti, and ...
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 ...
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 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.
The Vatican on Saturday published the schedule for Pope Francis’ consistory to create new cardinals, stating that the liturgy ...
A Personal Portrait of Pope Francis, Michael Higgins makes a compelling apology for the Argentina-born pontiff's plans to ...