Pope Leo XIV criticized prison overcrowding and insufficient inmate rehabilitation programs on Sunday as he celebrated a ...

Pope Leo XIV has met with members of Italy’s intelligence services and warned them not to use confidential information for ...

Catholicism provided greater certainty than the Church of England, which was considered a wishy-washy institution by many in ...

In fact, the Wikimedia Foundation announced Dec. 2 that "Deaths in 2025" -- an entry that includes Pope Francis -- was their ...

A high-level Vatican commission voted against allowing Catholic women to serve as deacons, maintaining the global Church's ...

Argument against female deacons includes wish to preserve ‘masculinity of Christ’ and of those who receive holy orders ...

The anniversary offers an opportunity to reflect not just on what the document says, but on the young papacy of Leo XIV.

A high-level Vatican commission has voted against allowing Catholic women to serve as deacons, a decision that upholds the ...

A Vatican report on women deacons published last week said that women could not be admitted to the diaconate “understood as a ...

Celebrating the feast of the Immaculate Conception as the Jubilee Year was ending, Pope Leo XIV prayed that "Jubilee hope" ...

ROME -- A second Vatican study commission has determined that women should not be ordained as deacons, dealing another ...

COMMENTARY: The Church continues to be inspired by the rich insights and vitality of the last ecumenical council.