The decision by former Bishop Tychikos to appeal to the civil courts over his removal from the Paphos bishopric constitutes an act of disobedience to the church, the archdiocese said ahead of an ...

In his opening address to the consistory yesterday, Pope Leo XIV reaffirmed to the cardinal participants that they will have the opportunity to “engage in a communal reflection” on four themes already ...

The most controversial issues may be off the agenda of next month’s Synod on Synodality assembly in Rome. But make no mistake about it: The Oct. 2-27 gathering could still lead to several big changes ...

With hot-button issues sidelined and major changes seemingly off the table, progressive Catholics feel led astray by synod organizers’ grand promises. Dominican Cardinal-designate Timothy Radcliffe ...

At the first meeting of the full assembly of the Synod on Synodality on Wednesday, Pope Francis said a bishop’s ministry should include cooperation with laypeople and that the synod will need to ...

The first session of the 34th meeting of the Synod of Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church will begin at Mount St. Thomas in Kakkanad on January 6, 2026.

Most of the synodal proceedings are behind closed doors, and the pope has asked participants not to speak to the media. Still, core issues are emerging. One attendee told me that the aula itself held ...

October's general assembly in Rome for the Catholic Church's Synod of Bishops on synodality aims to address human reality -- not abstractions -- in order to more effectively share Jesus Christ and his ...

Editor’s Note: Celia Wexler is the author of Catholic Women Confront Their Church (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016) and Out of the News (McFarland, 2012), the winner of the Society of Professional ...

KOCHI: The first session of the 34th Bishops’ Synod of the Syro-Malabar Major Archepiscopal Church will begin on Tuesday at ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - The Christian Reformed Church in North America lost more members than any other Kent County church from 2000 to 2010 and now includes just 7 percent of the county's population, ...

Pope Francis addresses the opening session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct 3. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) “We need to rediscover the ...