The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

Fr Brendan Hoban, spokesman for Killala diocese and co-founder in 2010 of the Association of Catholic ... are 109 new lay parish catechists, 34 people who will look after youth ministry and ...

"But what we tried to do is lay a new foundation for the Catholic faith in Baltimore and ... City and County to roughly 30 worship and ministry sites. Archbishop William E. Lori spoke to 11 ...

The Catholic Church has a new leader and congratulations are pouring in as Pope Leo XIV prepares to celebrate his first Mass ...

Terumi Tanaka, 93, a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bombing and co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, which received the 2024 Nobel ...

Pope Francis, pray for us. (Yunuen Trujillo, a Catholic lay minister, community organizer and immigration attorney, serves on the board of New Ways Ministry, an organization of Catholics that ...

While Pope Francis accomplished a lot in his 12-year papacy, he left much unfinished business and many challenges for his successor — from the Vatican’s disastrous finances to the wars raging on multi ...

The 69-year-old Zuppi is close to the influential Sant’Egidio community and, as a priest, worked with the Catholic lay association ... His priestly ministry is characterized by a care for ...

Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged deeply rooted norms and made it his mission to change the perception of the Catholic Church ... of the church — allowing lay men and women to run Vatican ...

He has emphasized in a inclusive approach to ministry concerning marginalized groups and LGBTQ individuals. Regarding the Catholic ... roles and greater lay participation in decision-making.

As the funeral and Conclave unfold under the bright lights of the media, Catholic women in ministry and leadership are all but absent ... At a minimum, a very mixed group of men, women, and non-binary ...