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On the first day of the final session of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality, the study group responsible for evaluating the ...

On the first day of the final session of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality, a study group responsible for evaluating the ...

One South African theologian described “a deep sense of disillusionment that the church, on the one hand, is saying we need ...

The second session of the 16th Ordinary Synod of Bishops, running from Oct. 2–27, marks a critical phase in the Church’s ...

Bishop Rolando Álvarez Lagos is once again in the news after Pope Francis appointed him to participate in the second session ...

Rev. Angela Nevitt Meyer of Roman Catholic Womenpriests-USA joined other advocates for women's ordination in Rome, where they prayed near the site of synod on synodality.

Debate was leaning away from allowing women to take on ordained roles in the Catholic Church as the second phase of Pope ...

One of the ten themes that emerged from the Synod last year and entrusted by Pope Francis to a small working group concerns relations between the Eastern Catholic Churches and Latin Churches. A report ...

Pope Francis opened the second phase of his big Catholic reform project on Wednesday, with widespread calls for women to take up more positions of responsibility in the church topping the agenda but ...

RNS is an independent, nonprofit, and award-winning source of global news on religion, spirituality, and culture. Founded in ...

Pope Francis has opened the second phase of his big Catholic reform project, with widespread calls for women to take up more ...