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Archbishop Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer at the Vatican Press Office Sept. 8, 2015.

CDF prefect: That only men can be priests is 'definitive'

May 30, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

The teaching of the Catholic Church on the impossibility of ordaining women to the priesthood, now or in the future,... Read more

The Anglican Westminster Abbey in London, October 16, 2010.

Woman bishop challenges future of Anglican-Catholic dialogue

Jan 30, 2015

By Ann Schneible

While the consecration of the Church of England's first woman bishop presents significant challenges in bringing Catholics and Anglicans into... Read more

Archbishop Dr. Robert Zollitsch.

Theologian dismisses call for women 'deacons'

May 3, 2013

By Carl Bunderson

Theologian Father Manfred Hauke said recent comments from a German archbishop appearing to support a particular diaconate for women are... Read more

Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams.

Head Anglican archbishop makes final push to ordain women bishops

Oct 21, 2012

The outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is trying to persuade members of the Church of England’s upcoming General Synod... Read more

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Father Leo Riley, age 68, continued to serve as a priest for years after a 2020 sexual abuse lawsuit was filed against him and the Diocese of Venice in Florida.

Florida priest continued in active ministry for three years after sex abuse lawsuit filed

Pope Francis meets Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her 6-year-old daughter on Jan. 10, 2023.

Pope Francis to attend G7 summit to speak on artificial intelligence

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people today for his enthusiastic witness to holiness that reaches “to the heights.”

Pier Giorgio Frassati could be canonized during 2025 Jubilee, cardinal says

Gia Chacón (right), founder of March for the Martyrs, said the plight of the tens of thousands of Christian Armenians pushed out of their homes in the disputed Artsakh or Nagorno-Karabakh region hash been "completely overlooked by the mainstream media.”

March for the Martyrs raises awareness of persecuted Armenian Christians and more

The members of the general board of directors of the Regnum Christi Federation, before its first general convention from April 29 to May 4, 2024, in Rome.

Regnum Christi: ‘It would have been easy to run and hide,’ but the Church is ‘purifiying’ us

Facade of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia.

Analysis: Jesuit sex abuse scandal in Bolivia could be used politically to repress Church

A view of the modern area of the Catholic cemetery located on the southern hillside of Mount Zion in April 2024. In the background are the buildings of the Arabic neighborhood of Abu Tor.

Franciscans file petition to stop cable cars from passing over Holy Land Catholic cemetery

Every Tuesday evening at 10 p.m., between 800 and 900 students converge on the historic St. Joseph’s Chapel at Lille Catholic University for a candlelight Mass.

‘Little miracle of Lille’: How a candlelight Mass gathers hundreds of young people every week in France

Attendees lay flowers at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan to mark the 109th anniversary of World War I-era mass killings on April 24, 2024.

109 years after genocide, Armenia faces another existential threat

Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, chapel and statue.

Franciscan University rejects Biden administration’s transgender policies in Title IX

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