It is tempting to think we must keep up with the world’s fashions. It is, I’d say, a dubious procedure. The Church, a ...

Pope Leo XIV closed the Vatican’s weeklong Lenten spiritual exercises Friday by thanking retreat preacher Bishop Erik Varden ...

The Lenten season is a reminder that Christians are called to bear witness to Christ through authentic witness, not ...

There is a “prophetic challenge” facing the Church in today’s world with the rise of “digital, artificial” media, according ...

Nothing has done the Church more tragic harm, and compromised our witness more, than corruption arisen within our own house” Bishop Erik Varden said to Pope Leo XIV and other Vatican officials on ...

Church governance depends more on holy, prayerful leaders than on bureaucratic expertise, Norwegian Bishop Erik Varden of ...

The link between the office of a bishop and the function of governing in the church "does not mean that the sacrament of Holy Orders is the exclusive source of all government in the Church," wrote ...

Pope Leo XIV on Monday called on officials of the Roman Curia to deepen both mission and communion, urging Vatican offices to be “more mission-oriented” and cautioning against the “forces of division” ...

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Bishops, reflects on the appointment of laypeople to positions ...

(RNS) — Strong departments of justice and finance are essential if the Vatican is going to operate effectively and efficiently without more scandals. (RNS) — All the cardinals of the Catholic Church ...

The late pope picked Auxiliary Bishop Angelo De Donatis to preach at the retreat in 2014. In 2017, De Donatis was appointed the papal vicar of Rome — effectively entrusted to run the Rome Diocese of ...