The most controversial issues may be off the agenda of next month’s Synod on Synodality assembly in Rome. But make no mistake about it: The Oct. 2-27 gathering could still lead to several big changes ...

Change in the Catholic Church, including a commitment to recognizing women's leadership gifts and being more welcoming of all people, happens slowly and deliberately, which is a good thing in a ...

Secretary-General of the Synod of Bishops Cardinal Mario Grech opened a two-day retreat on Monday for participants of the second session of the Synod on Synodality, encouraging synod participants and ...

A Synod on Synodality study group has recommended the creation of a new “Pontifical Commission for Digital Culture and New Technologies” in the first of 15 synod study group reports expected in the ...

The ongoing military escalation between Israel Defense Forces and Hezbollah has not only put Lebanon under fire, including the country’s Christians, but the situation could also diminish the presence ...

The Catholic Church can no longer function as a monarchy: It must rethink its internal power dynamics, share its decision-making processes with laypeople and reform canon law, a canon law professor ...

A woman holds a sign as demonstrators gather Sept. 4, 2019, at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town during a protest against gender-based violence. (Credit: CNS photo/Sumaya Hisham, Reuters ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson & Dan Henninger. Photo: Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Press Wire/AP Photo/Courtesy ...

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich praised the boldness and the faithfulness of the Catholic Church in Africa after a pilgrimage the prelate took to the west African country Benin last week. “The Church ...