Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-taick, head of the Catholic Archdiocese of Seoul, places his hands on the head of a Catholic ...

Scandinavia’s top Church leader hopes the role of women in the Church’s mission is a focal point at the upcoming synodal assembly on synodality — and, therefore, that the conversation isn’t bogged ...

Georg Baetzing, Bishop of Limburg and Chairman of the German Bishops' Conference, speaks during a press conference. Arne Dedert/dpa Despite opposition from the Vatican, German Bishop Georg Bätzing ...

The ordinations of nine women yesterday on a boat in the St. Lawrence River are not valid and cannot be recognized by the Catholic Church, said canon law expert Msgr. Jean Pelletier. The chancellor of ...

The Catholic Church won't be celebrating one Iowa City resident's ordination next month. In fact, neither the Diocese of Davenport nor the Vatican will even acknowledge Mary Kay Kusner's ordination ...

When asked why she has chosen to be ordained as a Roman Catholic priest — thus breaking the Catholic Church's ban on the ordination of women and crossing the threshold of formal excommunication — Anne ...

The first week of the Synod on Synodality session is in the books, and if you’ve been following the media’s account of things, you’d be forgiven for thinking the event is primarily focused on ...

The October 2023 Synod of Bishops should include the voices of women who have discerned a sincere call to the Catholic priesthood, said women's ordination advocate Kate McElwee in a recent guest ...

Oct. 16—Anne Tropeano is set to be ordained Saturday as a Catholic priest, then automatically excommunicated from the Church. Tropeano, a 47-year-old grants manager with the United Way of Central New ...

Bishop David Waller received his episcopal ordination in Westminster Cathedral in London on June 22, the feast day of the English saints John Fisher and Thomas More. Bishop David Waller is the first ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Anne Tropeano is set to be ordained Saturday as a Catholic priest, then automatically excommunicated from the ...