Advocates for a greater role for women in the Catholic Church say Pope Francis is failing their cause at a global meeting of ...

The Pope has commended the "lives of sacrifice, missionary zeal, and service to the Church" of 14 newly canonized saints.

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We know that the Holy Father has expressed that at this time the issue of the female diaconate is not mature and has asked ...

Argentine Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez said that a commission on women deacons created by Pope Francis in 2020 and led by ...

On October 20, the Catholic Church welcomed 14 new saints. Pope Francis presided over the canonization Mass for 11 Christians ...

"Rushing to ask for the ordination of deaconesses is not the most important way to promote women today," Cardinal Fernández ...

The visit of the Pope's envoy Cardinal Matteo Zuppi to Moscow, held on October 14-16 and dedicated to humanitarian issues, is ...

In that light, the 2024 synod represents a crescendo to a movement that’s been building for a while, in which an increasingly ...

The founder of the Petites sœurs de la Sainte-Famille de Sherbrooke was canonized by Pope Francis at a mass in Saint Peter's ...

In his famous work, “Anonymous Christianity,” the great Jesuit theologian Karl Rahner claims that the benefits of Christ’s ...

Cardinal Víctor Fernández at a speech at the general congregation on Oct. 21 recalled that for the Holy Father the question ...