In his first speech from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, the newly elected Pope Leo XIV took the opportunity to endorse ...

Women were and continue to be a major subject of and major players in the Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis’ signature reform ...

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

The study groups Pope Francis had established to provide an in-depth reflection on controversial, complex or “emerging” ...

After Pope Francis’ death, the study groups he created to address some of the most hot-button issues facing the Catholic ...

Established by Pope Francis in March 2024, the Study Groups have delivered reports on the work carried out so far, starting ...

The global response towards synodality and its implementation remains uneven and, in some places, starkly resistant ...

A visit to the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi was not expected to result in big news from Pope Leo XIV on ...

If U.S. Catholic bishops could speak with one voice united with the pope, commentator argues, they would project a moral ...

The U.S. bishops begin their plenary meeting today. This year, a large cloud hangs over the meeting, writes Michael Sean Winters. Yet there is also a rainbow, and the bishops face crucial decisions.

There is an old joke about Jesuits: “A humble Jesuit? A rarity. A Jesuit Pope? An impossibility. A humble Jesuit Pope? A miracle!” Pope Francis’s pontificate has been both improbable, and in its own ...