Vatican officials have suggested that Sinicization is akin to the Catholic Church’s long-standing practice of inculturation—that is, presenting the Church’s teachings and practices in the ...

About 250 parishioners at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Libertyville, Ill., took part in a survey for the Synod on Synodality. The Rev. John Trout celebrated Mass on a Sunday morning.

The Vatican published a 130-page study on papal primacy on Thursday containing suggestions from Orthodox and Protestant Christian communities for how the role of the bishop of Rome might look in a ...

A major meeting to discuss sensitive issues in the Catholic Church is being held with the utmost secrecy and discretion. Outside, it’s a different story. By Jason Horowitz Reporting from the ...

Faith News Vatican Census: The Catholic Church is growing everywhere — except Europe Claire Giangravé - Religion News Service October 21, 2021 ...

400,000 Germans quit Catholic Church as talks between Vatican, Synodal Way continue The Catholic Cathedral of Limburg in Hesse, Germany. | Credit: Mylius via Wikimedia (GFDL 1.2) ...

It’s all but guaranteed to provoke a response from critics, fueling within the U.S. church more partisan divisions and increasing isolation from the Vatican and European Catholics.

The future of the Catholic Church, it’s often said, is in Africa — where vocations are flourishing, parish life is vibrant, and the total number of Catholics is poised to soon surpass Europe.

Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons. But he upheld it in other areas, such as abortion and celibacy for priests.

Before a new pope, a tug-of-war for the soul of the Catholic Church As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church.

The global Catholic Church is split on whether to allow women to serve as deacons, a Vatican document showed on Tuesday, just weeks after Pope Francis ruled out any opening on the issue.

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Catholic Church who tried to position it to be more inclusive, died on Easter Monday, Vatican officials confirmed. He was 88.