Discover the highlights of Pope Francis' 2024, including his longest trip, the Synod's conclusion, new cardinals, and his nuanced stance on sensitive Church issues.

An interview with researcher Liberato De Caro of the Institute of Crystallography of the National Research Council in Bari, Italy

The basilica, consecrated on Nov. 18, 1626, is a place of beauty and transcendence, prayer and worship. It is a place made beautiful by human hands and the grace of God.

Father Timothy Radcliffe’s suggestion of foreign influence on African bishops during the Synod recall Cardinal Kasper’s contentious statements from a decade ago.

When the final document of the Synod on Synodality’s was confirmed on Oct. 26, it emphasized that the possibility of women deacons remains unsettled.

In a significant setback for the Synodal Way project in Germany, the German bishops will not be voting

VATICAN CITY — As well as withholding the names of who is seated in which small groups, the

October’s synod assembly boasts an unprecedented level of participation in a Synod of Bishops. Of the record-high 360-plus

Budapest is now home to noted Christian conservative thinkers like American journalist Rod Dreher, pictured here participating in a discussion at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium. The city is drawing conservative thinkers from across the world in part to draw insights from Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's political approach. Scruton cafés, named for the English conservative philosopher, are a fixture of the intellectual expat scene in the Hungarian capital.

With the early morning news of the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the Catholic Church and the

Editor’s Note: During a Nov. 7 interview in Rome, Cardinal Robert Sarah, former prefect of the Congregation for