Pope Francis presided over the opening Mass of the second session of the Synod on Synodality. He outlined the methodology, which is both managerial and spiritual, specifically designed to avoid ...

Synod: “I feel like I'm watching an enormous live news broadcast” After 15 days of work, participants at the second session of the Synod of Bishops on synodality being held at the Vatican ...

In Pakistan, a Salesian priest's fight for youth employment The first Salesian priest ordained in Pakistan, Father Noble Lal, 47, is the rector of a vocational school in Lahore that has trained ...

In a world where war and violence target even the youngest, Christians must reclaim Jesus’ radical defense of children—and build a theology of safeguarding that offers hope, healing, and peace.

The president of the Episcopal Commission for Social Pastoral Care in Argentina said social pastoral care was central to the church’s mission. He called for action on social justice ...

The Dakar authorities published a new regulation ending the ban on religious symbols in schools. It formalized the possibility for young girls to wear the veil, including in private Catholic ...

Several NGOs working in Chad encourage meetings between believers and notably between imams, priests, and pastors in a country where the wounds of civil war are still raw.

Entrenched in their village of Aïn-Ebel, near the border with Israel, the inhabitants of this Christian village have decided to stay despite the looming shortages and the bombings raining down ...

Syria’s future hinges on reconciliation, says Aleppo bishop As the country faces fresh bloodshed, Bishop Hanna Jallouf, Apostolic Vicar of Aleppo, warned against division and urges global ...

On Sunday, March 23, Pope Francis made a brief public appearance from a balcony at Rome’s Gemelli hospital—the first time he has been seen in public in five weeks. He has returned to his Santa ...

Abortion is the worst moral evil day by day in the United States Abortion remains a grave moral crisis, claiming thousands of innocent lives daily. Retired Bishop Michael Pfeifer of San Angelo ...

The symbol, a source of harmony According to Pope Francis’ encyclical Dilexit Nos, meditating on symbols is one of the ways to achieve the harmony and unity so dearly sought by our ...