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 ...
By Angela Ambrogetti A week of spiritual exercises for Pope Leo XIV and the Roman Curia at the start of Lent will take on a distinctly monastic character, with the retreat returni ...
Pope Leo XIV waves after visiting Rome's Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls May 20, 2025. (OSV News photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In his first appointment of a top-level official ...
The late pope picked Auxiliary Bishop Angelo De Donatis to preach at the retreat in 2014. In 2017, De Donatis was appointed ...
Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Bishops, reflects on the appointment of laypeople to positions ...
Catholic nuns attend a nightly rosary prayer service for Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Thursday, March 6, 2025. (Credit: Francisco Seco/AP.) Listen ROME – Since his election twelve ...
The Roman Catholic Church, to preserve a healthy future, must embrace the idea that women can be ordained as church leaders.