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Synod on Synodality: Laywoman’s Speech Opposing Women’s Ordination Draws Big Ovation

Described as ‘profound and real,’ the speech characterized calls for women’s ordination as a form of clericalism and as a distraction from what Catholic women want and need.

World Jewish Congress leader asks pope to use ‘moral authority’ to help Israeli hostages

Pope Francis on Thursday met with the president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, with the leader imploring the Holy Father to use his “moral authority” to address the hostage crisis in that conflict.

Cardinal: Synod on Synodality poses ‘no danger to the nature of the Church’

Vatican Cardinal Michael Czerny affirms that synodality doesn't threaten the Church's hierarchical structure, emphasizing the growing understanding that holy orders aren't necessary for every office

LIVE from the Vatican | Pope Francis’ prayer for Migrants and Refugees

Sign up here: https://mailchi.mp/ewtn/vatican  LIVE from St. Peter Square | Join us for the prayer for Migrants and

Latvian bishop at Synod: If someone is living in sin, we can’t tell them that’s all right

In response to a question about blessing same-sex unions, a Latvian archbishop at the Synod on Synodality warned

Synod on Synodality asked to ‘rethink the whole Church’ according to synodality

The next stage of the Vatican’s Synod on Synodality opened Wednesday with a call to focus on authority,

Pope Francis announces prayer vigil, day of fasting for peace in Israel-Hamas war

Pope Francis at the end of his general audience on Wednesday morning announced another day of prayer and fasting for an end to the Israel-Hamas war.

Pope Francis stresses need to put Jesus at the center of our lives

Pope Francis drew upon the example of St. Charles de Foucauld during his general audience Wednesday in his ongoing catechesis on apostolic zeal to stress the importance of centering our lives on Jesus.

Pope Francis meets with U.S. LGBT group previously denounced by Vatican

Pope Francis met Tuesday at his residence with leadership from the U.S. LGBT organization New Ways Ministry, which

Pope Francis in new interview: ‘Church has to change’ in favor of human dignity

Pope Francis, speaking in a new interview published by a media outlet in his native Argentina, said the

Pope Francis names an auxiliary bishop for Paris

The Vatican Press Office announced Oct. 17 that Pope Francis has appointed Father Emmanuel Tois as a new

Theologian at Synod on Synodality: There’s ‘too much emphasis’ on women priests

Spending too much time on the “niche issue” of women priests or deacons distracts the Church from addressing

A papal visit to the South Pole? Pope Francis looks to new peripheries

Pope Francis, who is known as “the pope of the peripheries,” has suggested the possibility of traveling to

Pope Francis: Liturgical Calendar Highlights for November 2023

Pope Francis: Liturgical Calendar Highlights for November 2023

This week at the Synod on Synodality: Participation focus comes amid exit of Chinese bishops

As the Synod on Synodality hits the halfway mark for this year, the two Chinese bishops’ experience on

Synod on Synodality ‘cannot remove pages from the Bible,’ synod archbishop says

José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez, the archbishop of Manizales in Colombia, shared his experience at the Synod of Synodality

Cardinal De Donatis leads faithful in Rome for prayer vigil for peace in the Holy Land

Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, vicar of the Diocese of Rome, on Sunday evening, Oct. 15, led a crowd

Chinese bishops leaving Synod on Synodality early

Two Chinese bishops, Bishop Antonio Yao Shun and Bishop Joseph Yang Yongqiang, have left the Vatican's Synod on Synodality early without providing reasons.

Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem offers to be exchanged for hostages held by Hamas

The Latin Catholic patriarch of Jerusalem has offered to be exchanged for the children being held hostage in

Vatican Offers Free Dental Care for the Poor & Plea To Protect Children

In this Vatican News roundup, we bring you the latest top stories that matter. From the Holy See’s

The Protagonist of the Synod is the Holy Spirit

On the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, October 4, 2023, Pope Francis inaugurated the Synod of Bishops

Israel Under Attack

Pope Francis says every war is a defeat

“The Apostle of the Eucharist”

Showing the Path to the Church through the Eucharist

War in the Holy Land

An interview with the Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem

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