On March 10, 2026, the General Secretariat of the Synod published a report on “the participation of women in the life and ...

Godfrey Mullen, the Benedictine monk who has been serving as the “diocesan administrator” for the Belleville Diocese and as ...

Nicaragua’s government has prohibited the ordination of new Catholic priests and deacons in several dioceses, a move church leaders say intensifies pressure on religious communities in the country.

Having deported four bishops for their criticism of the regime, the Nicaraguan dictator seeks to punish them further by not allowing any ordinations in their dioceses.

Pope Leo XIV has named Father Godfrey Mullen, a Benedictine monk, as the new bishop of Belleville, Illinois. The Vatican announced the appointment of Bishop-designate Mullen March 13. The see of the ...

The unsparing analysis, rare for a Vatican document, came from a study group created as part of the Synod of Bishops on synodality tasked with examining women's participation in the life and ...

Days before Fr. Amado Picardal died of a heart attack on May 29, 2024, the 69-year-old human rights champion had a rosy outlook for justice in the Philippines. He hoped the quarrel between the ...

The 10-county Diocese of Lansing is moving priests at 10 parishes from Lansing and East Lansing to Brighton, Howell and elsewhere.

The political advisor behind the transfer of the potestas sacra to the laity, as in the case of the «prefect» of the Dicastery for Religious, is the Jesuit canonist Gianfranco Ghirlanda. Recently, he ...

Interfaith and civic leaders joined the ceremony honoring a new Zen priest’s commitment to service, compassion, and community engagement. Ordination is a public commitment to live one’s practice in ...