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Synod delegates, including Archbishop Filippo Iannone, center, sit in a small group in the Paul VI Hall during the Synod on Synodality’s first monthlong meeting in October 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

Synod proposes reforming canon law to give greater weight to laity, women in the Church

The report, prepared by one of the study groups created after the Synod on Synodality, must now be
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EWTN News explains: Canon law and how it applies to Catholics

Canon law has often made headlines in the Catholic Church. But what is canon law, and how does
Bishops of the Society of St. Pius X take part in the consecration of four new bishops at the society’s seminary in Écône, Switzerland, on July 1, 2026. | Credit: Society of St. Pius X

Society of St. Pius X appeals to Vatican against schism decree

The society filed its appeal with the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith on July 11, arguing
The Vatican’s anti-abuse body is exploring ways to better protect religious women who have suffered abuse. | Credit: Canva

Vatican commission seeks to address legal loophole facing women religious suffering abuse

Efforts to address the abuse crisis in the Church have focused on minors and vulnerable adults, leaving unaddressed

Australian bishop named to top Vatican legal post

Pope Leo XIV appointed Bishop Anthony Randazzo of Broken Bay as head of the Legislative Texts office. Pope

Does the pope vote in Peru or pay U.S. taxes? Key questions remain unsettled

Legal expert argues papal dual citizenship is real, but obligations tied to it may not apply in practice.

Society of St. Pius X says it will consecrate bishops without papal mandate despite Vatican warning

The SSPX refused to postpone the July 1 consecrations as a condition of doctrinal talks. Canon law foresees

Society of St. Pius X to consecrate bishops without Rome’s approval, courting excommunication 

The plan threatens to harden a decades-old split between the traditionalist group and the Vatican. The Priestly Society

Pope Leo XIV taps veteran canon lawyer Archbishop Redaelli for key Vatican post

The new secretary of the Dicastery for the Clergy exemplifies the pope’s push for rule-of-law governance and seasoned

Pope Leo XIV urges Roman Rota judges to seek balance between truth and charity

Pope Leo XIV received the prelates of the highest appellate tribunal in the Catholic Church at the Vatican

EXPLAINER: CNA explains: How does the Catholic Church create dioceses and archdioceses?

Catholics in the U.S. were witness to a rare Church decision in 2023 when Pope Francis elevated the Diocese

Ahead of consistory, priest urges new canonical structure to resolve Latin Mass standoff

As cardinals gather this week in an extraordinary consistory convened by Pope Leo XIV on Jan. 7–8, a

Vatican City: How the world’s smallest state is governed

The Vatican, the smallest state in the world, possesses a unique and complex legal, administrative, and spiritual structure

Pope Leo XIV warns against ‘false mercy’ in marriage annulment proceedings

In a firm call to avoid “false mercy” in marriage annulment proceedings, Pope Leo XIV reminded that compassion

Pope Leo XIV urges ‘thinking the faith’ amid risk of cultural emptiness

Pope Leo XIV on Friday urged academics to “think the faith” in order to confront what he called

Longtime Vatican official and Italian archbishop Cardinal Edoardo Menichelli dies at 86

Cardinal Edoardo Menichelli, archbishop emeritus of Ancona-Osimo in the northern Italian region of Marche, has died at the

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