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

Pope Francis called on the faithful to yearn to serve, not thirst for power, as he proclaimed 14 new saints, including Canada ...

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

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

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández told synod delegates that the study into female diaconate would continue, but insisted that questions on women's leadership in the Catholic Church should not be linked ...

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

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

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

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

In a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 20, the pope declared three nineteenth-century founders of religious orders and the ...

Pope Francis created a new group of saints on Sunday, canonising 14 individuals including the "martyrs of Damascus", killed in Syria during the Ottoman Empire and symbols of Christian persecution.