Cardinal Fernández updates synod on study group focusing on women’s roles
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis decided the question of ordaining women deacons was not to be discussed at…
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Synod members look at how synodality relates to papal primacy
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service ROME — Encouraging greater “synodal” practices in the Catholic Church should help the church find a greater balance…
Synod begins looking at institutional changes to promote synodality
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service If members of the Synod of Bishops are serious about sharing their experience of “synodality” with all members…
Pope calls for Mideast cease-fire; prays for peace in Ukraine, Haiti
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis called again for “an immediate cease-fire on all fronts” in the Middle East,…
Mission is common goal of synod and ecumenism, pope says
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Halfway through the Synod of Bishops, Pope Francis and synod participants prayed that God…
Pope praises Catholic group that advocates for abolition of death penalty
byBy Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Catholic Mobilizing Network, a group that advocates for the abolition of capital punishment in line…
U.S. cardinals meet privately with pope to discuss synodality
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Three U.S. cardinals attending the synod on synodality met privately with Pope Francis to…
Cardinal-designate says God, and the pope, work in mysterious ways
byBy Adam Wesselinoff, OSV News SYDNEY — God works in mysterious ways, but the Holy Father is even more mysterious, Cardinal-designate Mykola Bychok, eparch…
Statistically speaking: How pope’s choices change College of Cardinals
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Popes have made a habit of exceeding the statutory limit on the number of cardinals…
Some new cardinals-designate from ‘peripheries’ were already in Rome
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Almost half of the 21 cardinals-to-be Pope Francis recently announced were already in Rome attending…