Iranian Group Puts $40 Million Bounty on Trump’s Head** In a startling and troubling escalation of rhetoric, an Iranian group has announced a staggering $40 million bounty on the head of former ...

the top of the Twelver Shia clerical hierarchy. Once it’s issued, it’s considered binding not just on regular believers, but on Islamic governments too. In 1989, Iran’s late Ayatollah Khomeini issued ...

Some critics of the process, including traditionalists who defend an all-male clerical hierarchy, fear it could dilute the authority of the pope and bishops.

Pope Francis's efforts to address child sex abuse in the Catholic Church, including sanctions and legal changes, face ongoing challenges.

When Pope Francis took over in 2013, the Catholic Church was embroiled in a global scandal over child sex abuse by priests, and the institution's attempts to cover it up.

The perception that such a place should exist is a sad consequence of the path our clerical hierarchy has taken in recent decades.

Clerical celibacy is an issue that the ongoing final sessions of the Synod on Synodality should have discussed. However, the hierarchy continues to peripheralize it, despite its deleterious impacts on ...