Pope Francis has said he wants to give women greater leadership roles in the Roman Catholic Church. If he really wants to ...

(RNS) — A new document by the Italian bishops’ conference states that being openly gay no longer bars candidates from discerning the priesthood. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A provisional document ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A provisional document published by the Italian Bishops’ Conference on Friday (Jan. 10) and approved by the Vatican cautiously opens the door for the ordination of openly ...

A provisional document published by the Italian Bishops’ Conference on Friday (Jan. 10) and approved by the Vatican cautiously opens the door for the ordination of openly gay men to the ...

It is curious to read a memoir by somebody who is uncomfortable in the limelight, doesn’t like parties, and hasn’t watched TV ...

And he mentions the debate that has been raging for years on the ordination of women as deacons ... disappearances." Many priests, even bishops, were also killed. At the same time, the pope ...

Loading Twice Francis quotes the words of Gustav Mahler ... He dislikes self-important priests. Hope is underwritten by a warm and engaging humanity and by an almost folksy sense of the ...

It is my great privilege and honour to have been invited to write this brief critique on the life and mission of Rev. Dr.

And if each of these essential qualities, the unitive and the procreative, is preserved, the use of marriage fully retains its sense of true mutual love and its ordination to the supreme ...