Cardinal Víctor Fernández at a speech at the general congregation on Oct. 21 recalled that for the Holy Father the question of the female diaconate “is not ripe.”
Cardinal Leonardo Steiner, the archbishop of Manaus in Brazil who is participating in the Synod on Synodality, said that “many of our women are true ‘deaconesses.’”
“The Synodality Tent,” which aims to offer an experience of faith, opened in Rome in the context of the second session of the Synod on Synodality.
Father Johan Verschueren expressed his support for the “LGBTQ Catholics” event held recently at the general house of the Society of Jesus in the Eternal City.
For the first time, a sculptor and native of Japan will be awarded the Ratzinger Prize.
Exiled Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez is slated to be among the participants in the second and last session of the Synod of Synodality in October.
The Catholic Church in Singapore is considered one of the most dynamic and vital in Southeast Asia.
Socorro Vázquez, a 27-year-old Catholic from Spain, reflected on her experience of Pope Francis’ visit to Indonesia and her faith experience while living in Jakarta.
Pope Francis received a group of homeless people in Rome before departing for Southeast Asia and, upon arriving in Jakarta, was welcomed by a group of refugees.
“Eternity Between Space and Time” is the title of a report by the Vatican Observatory to be released Sept. 6 in which reflections on eternity will be presented.
Pope Francis received at the Vatican Ecuador’s new ambassador to the Holy See, Edmundo Uribe Pérez.
On Aug. 7, Pope Francis resumed general audiences at the Vatican. Here’s an explanation of the nature and purpose of these encounters with the Holy Father.
On July 31, Giuseppe Pignatone was summoned to testify in court in Sicily for alleged complicity and cover-up of the Mafia organization La Cosa Nostra.
In an Aug. 1 letter addressed to the bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico, Cardinal Víctor Fernández, confirmed that Elenita de Jesus “is not the Virgin Mary.”
Pope Francis invited the faithful to ask the Lord for “the grace to know how to pray for one another.”
In the wake of the July 26 parody of the Last Supper led by a drag queen, an Italian pro-life association launched an awareness campaign.
According to the Holy See Press Office, the pontiff visited Sister Geneviève Jeanningros, who has been serving homosexuals and “transgender” people for 56 years.
Monsignor John Joseph Kennedy was named titular bishop of Ossero, Croatia, and Monsignor Philippe Curbelié was named titular bishop of Utica, Tunisia.
Now, at 16, Emilio Madrid Mérida dreams of being a priest and says he has found happiness in the seminary in Badajoz, Spain.
Father Marko Ivan Rupnik is a former Jesuit priest whose artwork decorates Catholic churches, chapels, and shrines around the world.