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 slow-moving body, will always run the risk of looking and sounding last-season,” ...

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 ...

In the fourth and fifth meditations offered to Pope Leo XIV and the Roman Curia, Bishop Erik Varden reflected on how the modern debate over “freedom” challenges Christians.

Opening the Vatican’s Lenten spiritual exercises, the Norwegian Cistercian bishop warned against weaponizing the Gospel in culture wars.

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 ...

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 ...

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 retirement on Jan. 25 of Cardinal Oswald Gracias as archbishop of Bombay and the end of the 30-year “reign” of Cardinal Christoph Schönborn as archbishop of Vienna have triggered a vast ...

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 ...