The women meet all the requirements except one: they're not men. As deacons, they could preach at Mass and preside over baptisms, weddings and funerals.

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday voiced deep concern over renewed fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, urging an ...

In an audience with people who work in the Italian intelligence sector, Pope Leo XIV recalled the importance of conducting ...

Pope Leo XIV strongly criticised prison overcrowding and inadequate inmate rehabilitation programmes during a special Mass at ...

Speaking in the Hall of Blessings, Leo urged those engaged in national security intelligence work to act with professionalism ...

Pope Leo's selection had spurred optimism that the Church's stance on female deacons might change. That was not to be the ...

It is a sign of hope that more young people are fully participating in the church. But how is the church called to respond in ...

The Catholic Church is more than 2,000 years old. Declaring war on it is hardly civilized or politically smart. Trump has ...

Pope Leo’s updates to the Vatican labor code attempt to streamline a Curia under pressure, from pension woes to a dwindling ...

Father Paolo Capra, pastor at St. Augustine, made the trip to Istanbul with the brick, which will be the first stone of the ...

The anniversary offers an opportunity to reflect not just on what the document says, but on the young papacy of Leo XIV.

Reclaiming American Catholicism,' coming in at nearly 400 pages, is a comprehensive and meticulous synopsis of many of the ...