Vatican

Vatican Nativity scene to honor 800th anniversary of St. Francis' creche

The Vatican isn't putting up Christmas decorations before Halloween, but it did announce the plans for St. Peter's Square this year. It's the 800th anniversary of the...

Vocations

National Vocation Awareness Week Invites the Faithful to Pray for an Increase in Vocations in the United States

The Catholic Church in the United States will commemorate National Vocation Awareness Week, November 5-11.

Synod on Synodality

Wanting to 'control' God, confine him to an agenda is idolatry, pope says

Concluding the first assembly of the synod on synodality with a Mass, Pope Francis said the whole point is to strengthen the church's missionary outreach and, as the day...

Synod on Synodality

Synod synthesis shows agreement, divergences, including on 'synodality'

The first session of the synod on synodality has concluded with a report synthesizing discussions and reflections over the past month. This report will go back to local...

Synod on Synodality

Opinion vs. inspiration: Synod grapples with concept of 'sensus fidei'

Pope Francis' emphasis on listening to lay Catholics, recognizing their faith and accepting that the Holy Spirit, in some cases, may be speaking to the church through...

Statement of U.S. Bishops’ International Justice and Peace Chairman on Continued Violence in the Holy Land

In response to the escalating Israel-Hamas war, Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on...

Vatican

U.S. synod delegate receives papal permission slip to cut class

The youngest member of the synod assembly asked for the pope's help to miss class for a few days.

Synod on Synodality

Listen to, trust the lay faithful, pope tells synod members

As the synod on synodality was winding down, with members preparing a document synthesizing their discussions and making plans for the synod's continuation next year...

Synod on Synodality

USCCB president talks about his synod experience

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has been participating in the assembly of the Synod of Bishops and shared with CNS...

Religious Liberty

Statement to Mark 25th Anniversary of International Religious Freedom Act

The International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) was signed into law on October 27, 1998, to elevate religious freedom as a foreign policy goal of the United States...