When Pope Francis appoints new Catholic cardinals, as he did on Sunday, the move is often described as the pontiff pushing to ...

The pope just announced a new consistory that will take place Dec. 8 appointing 21 new cardinals from around the world.

All three men are participants in the synod and will be made cardinals at a consistory on Dec. 8, as announced by Pope ...

Pope Francis opened the Vatican’s Synod on Synodality with a call for unity, warning delegates not to impose their personal ...

One year after the attack perpetrated by Hamas in Israel, Pope Francis addressed a letter on Monday, October 7, to Catholics ...

Some might interpret it as showing little confidence in the Australian hierarchy, a feeling shared by many local Catholics, ...

Most of the names were identical to the commission that supervised last year’s final document. Notable changes included ...

What real changes can we expect from the Synod on Synodality? How is the Vatican responding to the rapidly expanding war in ...

The former Master of the Order of Preachers was named among 21 new cardinals by Pope Francis October 6. In an earlier ...

For the first time in history, a majority of the cardinals at the next conclave will be from outside of Europe.

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The subject of women and their role in the Catholic Church, was central to a conversation Pope Francis had with 150 Jesuits ...