The New Yorker3d
Pope Francis, the Cardinals, and “Conclave”
The Vatican’s Synod on Synodality was nothing like papal gatherings of cinematic lore, but it clearly reflects Francis’s view ...
The College Fix7d
Catholic college changes policy to recognize sex is binary, ‘human dignity’
Campus ministry leader says young Catholics yearn for colleges ‘where Church teaching is followed, loved, and faithfully ...
gcn.ie8d
Transgender men meet with Pope to discuss LGBTQ+ inclusion in Catholic church
George White, a transgender man and religious educator in Leicester, recently experienced a historic meeting with Pope ...
Women are a problem for the Catholic Church, an institution with ingrained misogyny
Women are half of the church but end up being a category, an issue, a problem in a patriarchal institution with ingrained ...
Rappler16d
Pope Francis prays for Filipinos, ‘so full of faith,’ in wake of Kristine
In his Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis remembers victims of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine as well as conflict-stricken countries and a murdered Mexican priest MANILA, Philippines – Pope Francis ...
Los Angeles Times17d
Catholic Church reform process disappoints hopes of more equity for women
Pope Francis said he would not issue a teaching document from the recommendations, which called for women to be allowed all opportunities that church law already provides while leaving open the ...
CBS News17d
Pope Francis' Catholic church reform process ends without giving more equity to women
Pope Francis' yearslong process to reform the Catholic Church closed Saturday with recommendations that fell short of giving women more equity as hoped but reflected the pope's aims for a church ...
Catholic News Agency18d
Pope Francis ratifies Synod on Synodality’s final document, marking new approach to Church reform
In a surprising move at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality on Saturday evening, Pope Francis ratified the final report, approved its immediate publication, and said he will not publish a ...
National Catholic Register18d
Pope Francis Ratifies Synod on Synodality’s Final Document, Marking New Approach to Church Reform
In 2018, Pope Francis decreed in the apostolic constitution Episcopalis Communio that reformed the Synod of Bishops that the pope has the authority to approve and promulgate the final document, at ...
America Magazine18d
Pope Francis says he will not write his own exhortation on synod, publishes members’ final document
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- After members of the Synod of Bishops approved their final document, Pope Francis announced that he would not write the customary post-synodal apostolic exhortation but would ...
The New York Times18d
Vatican Punts Question of Female Deacons at Major Meeting
But the question of female ordination had been taken off the table and relegated to a separate study group that will present its findings to Pope Francis next summer. The final document ...
NPR18d
Papal politics take an unholy turn in the clever thriller 'Conclave'
multi-faith unity and women in leadership — issues that of course bedevil Pope Francis’ reign in the present day. But for all these high-minded gestures at topicality, Conclave isn’t really ...