Advocates for a greater role for women in the Catholic Church say Pope Francis is failing their cause at a global meeting of ...

China said Tuesday it had agreed to extend for four years a deal with the Vatican concerning the appointment of bishops. The ...

The Chinese government says it has agreed with the Vatican to extend a provisional agreement on the appointment of Catholic bishops in China for four more years.

Argentine Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez said that a commission on women deacons created by Pope Francis in 2020 and led by ...

We know that the Holy Father has expressed that at this time the issue of the female diaconate is not mature and has asked ...

Pope Francis created a new group of saints on Sunday, canonising 14 individuals including the "martyrs of Damascus", killed ...

For decades, unwed mothers in Italy were pressured to give up children born out of wedlock. Thousands were sent to America.

The Vatican on Saturday published the schedule for Pope Francis’ consistory to create new cardinals, stating that the liturgy ...

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Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández told synod delegates that the study into female diaconate would continue, but insisted that questions on women's leadership in the Catholic Church should not be linked ...

After meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican earlier this week, former Israeli and Palestinian ministers said they ...

Pope Francis and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy focused their discussion on the repatriation of Ukrainian nationals ...