Amidst memories of martyrs and a turbulent past, the diocese of Oran in Algeria welcomes its new leader, bridging a two-year vacancy.

The Synod on Synodality has addressed the members of the Catholic Church in a letter published during the final days of the October gathering in Rome, inviting them to take an active role in “the discernment and decision-making” of the Church.

Father Marko Rupnik, the former Jesuit priest and mosaic artist accused of serious abuses against women, has been accepted for priestly ministry in a diocese in Slovenia, according to Italian and German media reports.

Pope Francis reaffirmed the impossibility of women becoming priests, or even modern Church deacons, in an interview for a book released Tuesday in Italy.

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Monsignor Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib succeeds Cardinal Celestino Aós Braco as the Archbishop of Santiago

A Kentucky man involved in LGBTQ Catholic ministry has posted a letter online he says he received earlier this month from Pope Francis thanking him for his work.

Synod on Synodality delegates in Rome this month are participating in something called “conversation in the Spirit,” a method of communal discernment based on prayer and listening.

Argentina is set to have its first female saint as Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of "Mama Antula."

The Statistical Yearbook of the Church has been published with data up-to-date as of 2021. Catholics are growing with the world population but declining in Europe. Priests and bishops are decreasing. The negative trend for religious women is confirmed.

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of 59-year-old Polish Bishop Grzegorz Kaszak on Tuesday following public calls for him to step down over poor management of scandals involving priests in his diocese.

Vatican II’s discussion of tradition is the authority for the Synod on Synodality’s reflections today, a theologian and Australian Catholic priest told delegates as the assembly’s final week kicked off Monday.

As the Synod on Synodality in Rome launches into its final week with a changed calendar, all eyes are on the anticipated Letter to the People of God, expected on Saturday evening.

Myanmar’s Cardinal Charles Maung Bo described the Synod of Synodality as “a long march of hope for all humanity” during a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday.

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Father Timothy Radcliffe said Monday that “the most fertile time” of the Synod on Synodality will be the months of “active waiting” leading up to the final 2024 synod assembly.

Pope Francis cited the examples of Western intervention in Libya and Iraq in arguing that the West should not “export” democracy to other countries, according to a recently published interview.

For the first time, in the announcement of the Mass for the cardinals who died during the year, there is also an announcement remembering the Pope Emeritus. Appointment on November 3, at 11 am in Saint Peter’s