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A response letter to five conservative cardinals who were asking Pope Francis to clarify whether blessings of same-sex unions are permitted went public on Monday, signaling a slight shift in the Catholic Church’s previous stance on LGBTQ+ unions. 

October 8, 2023, Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: How will the church care for its vineyard and produce unspoiled fruit?  The events of the Synod on Synodality taking place in Rome are a good place to start.

COMMENTARY: The Holy Father’s pilgrimage to Loreto and Assisi offers an important insight into the significance of the Council he initiated.

Event in Singapore discussed rise of Catholic Studies across academia around the world

The 450-strong synod, bringing together lay people with bishops, and its proposals for greater lay involvement have thrilled progressives and rattled conservatives

The devil will no doubt be a participant in the Synod on Synodality, even if as a non-voting member. Why? Because the synod presents a ripe field for the devil’s mischief. And because the stakes are so high.

Secretary emeritus of Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant Peoples, Cardinal Agostino Marchetto, 83, got his red hat from Pope Francis during Saturday’s consistory.

(RNS) — From the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to relations with China and Russia, Pope Francis has made dialogue a key theme of his pontificate, a principle reflected in his latest crop of new cardinals.

How the church equips Catholics to preach the Good News of Jesus Christ is a concern for the Oct. 4-29 gathering of bishops

Cardinal-designate Christophe Pierre, nuncio to the U.S., said unity of the Catholic community in the country will grow the more it focuses on being the church.