The reports also show that a new group on the liturgy, requested by Pope Leo XIV, is not addressing the Vatican’s controversial restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass.

Pope Leo's selection had spurred optimism that the Church's stance on female deacons might change. That was not to be the ...

The group was split 5-5 on a statement that held Jesus' masculinity and that of all who receive holy orders "is not ...

A Vatican-appointed commission says current church teaching does not allow women to be ordained as Catholic deacons.

In his first speech from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, the newly elected Pope Leo XIV took the opportunity to endorse synodality, signaling that this cornerstone theological idea of Pope Francis ...

COMMENTARY: Definitions of synodality have finally been offered in the synod’s final report, including everything and leaving nothing out. Pope Francis addresses those in attendance at the closing ...

I hope you will pray for me, because the cross that was placed on me is very heavy,' Archbishop Garcera said in a video ...

Pope Francis speaks to members of the Synod of Bishops on synodality after they approved their final document Oct. 26, 2024, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) ...

A month after attending the Vatican’s Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies (Oct. 24–26), Canadian lay leaders involved in the Church’s synodality movement hosted a webinar to reflect on ...

(RNS) — The Synod on Synodality, which will hold its second and presumably last session in October, needs to set its own agenda, even if that means rejecting the pope’s agenda. The synod’s first ...

(RNS) — I feel that I am on the Titanic while the crew is meeting to talk about how they should listen to one another. (RNS) — After raising expectations with his Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis is ...

Discover how the Jubilee Year and synodality deepen the meaning of Advent. A spiritual call to journey together in hope, ...