The publication of the Synod Study Group report on women’s participation, according to Cardinal Hollerich, marks a “big step” toward greater inclusion in the Church. He stresses, however, that any possible development in women’s access to ordained ministry requires broad ecclesial consensus to preserve unity.

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Pope Leo XIV meets with a delegation from the Italian National Institute for Social Security, and urges national welfare systems to promote social responsibility and economic development.

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Meeting with members of the Chaldean Church during their Synod to elect a new Patriarch, Pope Leo XIV challenges the Chaldean Catholic Church to stay true to their long and storied mission of peace, especially “in a world marked by absurd and inhumane violence, which, in these times, is driven by greed and hatred.”

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The Sisters of the Comboni Missionaries Postulancy share their lives with Kisangani's street children, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, offering their services at the Saint Laurent Centre, which is not merely a refuge, but a chance for a better future.

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Israel’s most recent strikes killed more than 300 people in Lebanon and more than 1,700 have died since the start of the war, prompting the bishop’s appeal to President Donald Trump.

The report reflects the ongoing gradual decline in U.S. births that has persisted for most of the past two decades, only interrupted by a modest uptick in 2024.

The fighting is paused for about two weeks, but Trump's threats against civilian infrastructure alarm Catholic moral theologians, who emphasize that it is immoral to intentionally harm noncombatants.

“At the core of the ecological and social crises is a human heart enclosed in upon itself, alienated from God, our neighbor, and creation,” the bishops said in a new pastoral missive.

The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See has strongly denied reports that the government demanded the Vatican throw support behind U.S. military actions.

As Planned Parenthood reports a record 434,450 abortions of unborn babies in 2023-2024, advocates for unborn children renew their call to permanently defund the group.