President Biden is expected to issue an historic apology Friday for the 150-year government effort to break up Native ...

Archbishop Paul D. Etienne of Seattle, a papally-appointed member of the Synod of Bishops, said that as the second synod ...

The U.S. delegates at the Synod of Bishops on synodality are contributing to discussions on the future of the Catholic Church ...

In an encyclical titled “He Loved Us,” Francis draws on spiritual themes in the hopes of helping people find deeper meaning ...

Recognizing the doctrinal authority of bishops’ conferences does not mean allowing them to reject the teaching authority of ...

By Christopher Wells Synod participants have proposed more than one thousand “modi”, or amendments, to the so-called “Final ...

In the final days of the most significant Catholic gathering since the 1960s, the prospect of women being ordained appears ...

Marijuana reform is "the rare bipartisan issue" in this year's presidential election, said The Wall Street Journal. Both ...

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. bishops’ Committee for Religious Liberty is encouraging Catholics to take part in a Nov.

Peruvian theologian Gustavo Gutiérrez, founder of the liberation theology movement, which sparked both great hopes and ...

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI, didn’t think much of bishops’ conferences. Among those who disagreed with ...

Critics argue the pact legitimizes China’s control over church affairs, while defenders say it helps support Catholics ...