After years of protecting Oak Flat from development, the government several years ago moved to transfer the land to the ...

The decentralization of certain aspects of the Catholic Church's governance, as proposed in the Synod of Bishops on ...

The bishop of Spokane says it’s time for Church leaders to confront the role of Catholic hospitals in immoral procedures on ...

The specific issue of the doctrinal competence of bishops’ conferences, and what that might look like concretely, “got a lot ...

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The Vatican agency, Fides, has published a brief overview on the global number of Catholics, permanent deacons, seminarians, ...

Pope Francis called on divided Christians to overcome their doctrinal differences and walk together in love, expressing hope especially for greater unity between the Orthodox and ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington said he hopes U.S. voters who are as concerned as he is about the ...

through awareness and action, the objectives of the Organization. Usually, it is the Member States that propose these observances and the General Conference establishes them with a resolution.

Pope Francis announced Oct. 6 that he would create 21 new cardinals Dec. 7; 20 of the men named are under the age of 80 and ...

It's the latest defeat for allies of Donald Trump seeking to change how the battleground state's votes are counted in the Nov. 5 presidential election.

Chief Justice of India, D.Y. Chandrachud, has proposed Justice Sanjiv Khanna as his successor. Justice Khanna, appointed to the Supreme Court in 2019, is set to become the 51st CJI upon government ...