VATICAN CITY--The Vatican and China extended a controversial accord on bishop nominations Thursday over strong opposition from the White House and conservative Catholics given Beijing’s ...
On one side is the Vatican and on the other are the German bishops who have embarked on a formidable path strongly marked by reforms considered indigestible even by Pope Francis. Female priesthood ...
Pope Francis praised priests as "heroic" witnesses but called on them to move closer to Christ through adversity such as ...
In 2018, the Vatican and China signed a provisional agreement on the appointment of bishops, which was initially set to last for two years. When this interim agreement was extended for the first ...
ROME — Pope Francis on Thursday defrocked a notorious Belgian bishop who admitted 14 years ago that he sexually abused his nephew but faced no Vatican punishment. The case of Roger Vangheluwe ...
The Vatican announced the creation of 10 study groups to focus on themes that arose at last October’s Synod on Synodality, an ...
A Belgian former bishop who admitted sexually abusing two of his nephews has been removed from the priesthood by Pope Frances, more than a decade after the case first came to light. The Vatican ...
Representatives of the Roman Curia and the German Bishops’ Conference pose for a photo after meeting at the Vatican on March 23, 2024. (Credit: German Bishops’ Conference/Matthias Kopp.) ...
The Synodal Way — “Synodaler Weg,” sometimes called Synodal Path — describes itself as a process bringing together Germany’s ...
Pope Francis on Thursday defrocked a notorious Belgian bishop who admitted 14 years ago that he sexually abused his nephew but faced no Vatican punishment. The case of Roger Vangheluwe ...