Beloved brothers and sisters: because these our sons, who are your relatives and friends, are now to be advanced to the Order of priests, consider carefully the nature of the rank in the Church to whi ...

Father Peter Dong Huy Pham grew up surrounded by faith. He was born in Hanoi and raised in a predominantly Catholic village just outside the city. His parents were farmers who grew rice, ...

The invitation to Brambilla ... Synod of Bishops on Synodality to discuss the debate over women’s priestly ordination led some observers to believe he might finally make a change in this ...

Peter Nho V. Nguyen’s journey from humble family roots to missionary work and on to St. Charles Borromeo Seminary will ...

Black smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...

An official invitation to new Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa to ... Mustafa Sand, a member of parliament from the Co-ordination Framework — a coalition of Iran-allied factions that brought Mr ...

More than 130 Catholic cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis, ...

Anyolo said in a statement that the official invitation had been received through the Vatican ... executive cirector of Women’s Ordination Conference, adding, “A woman’s place is in the conclave.” The ...

His election presents an invitation to re-engage with questions ... Yet he has opposed the ordination of women as deacons, aligning with current church teaching. Whether he will respond to calls ...

With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope ...

"When I met with him in Rome, shortly after my ordination and installation ... including his famous invitation for those of us in ministry to have 'the smell of sheep' − in other words, to ...