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POPE Francis has once again come out strongly against an ordained female diaconate, reiterating what for the Holy Father has...

AFTER telling people at his general audience, “I’m still a bit sick,” and having aides read most of his prepared...

A DAY after cancelling his audiences due to what the Vatican called a “mild flu-like condition,” Pope Francis appeared in good form...

IN an age when even one's most intimate thoughts and feelings can become fodder for social media, Lent is a...

POPE Francis urged people to bring God’s love to the sick and suffering through “concrete actions” in his Angelus address...

THE Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith released a note on Saturday on discerning the validity of the...

POPE Francis announced the start of a Year of Prayer on Sunday in preparation for the Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year....

A PAPAL visit to Vietnam was hinted at by the Vatican’s foreign minister at a news conference on January 18....

THE soaring baldacchino over the main altar of St Peter’s Basilica designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini 400 years ago will...

POPE Francis baptised 16 infants in the Sistine Chapel yesterday, saying these children “give us the witness of how to...

ALL forms of artificial intelligence should be used to alleviate human suffering, promote integral development and help end wars and...

POPE Francis will not attend the United Nations COP28 climate conference in Dubai this week due to his continuing struggles...

SAINT John Lateran Archbasilica turns 1700 years old as of tomorrow. The archbasilica stands as the oldest of the four...

THOUSANDS of children from around the world had their chance to ask Pope Francis some of their most pressing questions...

POPE Francis has warned against living a double life, highlighting the dangers it presents for authentic Christian witness and its...

THE Vatican released the Synod on Synodality’s “synthesis report” on Saturday night outlining key proposals discussed during the nearly monthlong...

BROKEN Bay Bishop Anthony Randazzo told the international press at a briefing at the Synod on Synodality that “deep isolation”...

MAKING Jesus our all and proclaiming him to the world is the Church’s “greatest urgency, the truest reform,” the bishop...

POPE Francis offered guidance to participants on how the monthlong assembly would proceed in his opening remarks for the Synod...

COMPETING notions of authority and giving certain Christian truths preeminence over others can not only derail the assembly of the...

THE Catholic Church, in pursuit of "pastoral prudence," should discern if there are ways of giving blessings to homosexual persons...

POPE Francis is preparing an apostolic letter on St Thérèse of Lisieux to be published next month. During a general...

VICTIMS of Father Marko Rupnik’s alleged spiritual and sexual abuse expressed “bewilderment” with the Diocese of Rome’s recent statement praising...

THE Synod on Synodality is set to launch the first of two assemblies on October 4. The global meetings in...

WHEN Pope Francis said he wanted the focus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith to be something...