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After the Vatican’s doctrine czar made it clear that the admittance of women to the diaconate is currently off the table, ...

A lot of people have sacrificed much to participate in the synod meetings. Who wants to come away with little to show from it ...

A leading Catholic member of the UK’s House of Lords is drawing attention to the persecution of the Church in China.

After two and a half weeks, the last of two assemblies for the Synod on Synodality is about to enter its final stretch before ...

Perhaps it seems foolish to put so much stock in one mother’s cry for help. But then again, the cries of our forefathers and ...

In that light, the 2024 synod represents a crescendo to a movement that’s been building for a while, in which an increasingly ...

"This is just one synod. There will be others. We do not have to do everything, just take the next step,"  Cardinal-designate ...

an issue that will continue to be evaluated by a specialized commission while the Synod on Synodality continues to reflect on ...

Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), has reportedly ...

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One gets the impression that many Synod on Synodality participants view the subject of local Churches as a kind of Trojan ...