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Born into the Church, she balanced faith with social justice Janet Somerville was a truly great Catholic journalist, but she was so much more. General...

The Church welcomes us to change how we think about things.

“Benedict XVI was the Pope who paid great attention to interreligious and intercultural dialogue, both with Judaism and with other religions and with fellow Christians. He was also the pope of dialogue with science and secular thought. In his talks a

Bishop James Chan Soon Cheong was the first bishop of Malacca-Johore Diocese

This national event that took place autonomously in the aftermath of Vatican II and which is compared by commentators to the German Synodal Path is considered...

When we speak of the 'hierarchy of truths' in Catholic theology, we need to remember that we are teaching both the essentials—and the entirety—of the faith.

Executive editor Heidi Schlumpf heard two compelling speakers in one week — one about young people and another about synodality — and wonders if they might be related.

Pope John Paul I will be beatified on September 4, moving him a step closer to sainthood. Raising him to the altars offers a chance to consider another model of papacy.

The Final Document from the African Synodal Continental Assembly submitted to the General Secretariat of the Synod in the Vatican underscores the Church in Africa has lived out Synodality since the Second Vatican Council. It highlights the need for recognition of the role women and youth play in the Church and proposes pastoral care that focuses on marriage and family and their challenges in modern-day Africa.

Opus Dei Father Joseph Thomas is the chaplain at Mercer House in Princeton, New Jersey.