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Hesitation and resistance to the Church’s synodal journey can be addressed with clearer explanations, better training and more hands-on experience of what synodality is, bishops representing North America said.

Pope Leo XIV revived the tradition begun by St. John Paul II in 1983 by personally placing the pallium around the shoulders of newly named archbishops.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Participation in the Eucharist transforms believers into the Body of Christ and offers a remedy to the divisions affecting families and communities, Pope Leo XIV said …

Pope Leo XIV knelt in prayer at the tomb of St. Augustine June 20, returning to the basilica where he once guided the late Pope Benedict XVI.

Catholic leaders expressed cautious optimism about an end to the conflict in the Middle East after the signing of a tentative framework to end the Iran war.

When Pope Leo XIV arrived in Spain on June 6, many expected a successful papal trip. Few expected what unfolded over the following week.

ROME (OSV News) — Cardinal Camillo Ruini, the influential Italian churchman who shaped Catholic life in Italy for nearly two decades as both vicar of Rome and president of the Italian …

A new report shows more countries saw spikes in religious hostility by individuals and groups in 2023, the last year for which data is available.

Presidents of Catholic bishops’ conferences of the G7 member states called on heads of state and government to root governance in human dignity, as national leaders prepare for the G7 …

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain (OSV News) — During his seven days in Spain, Pope Leo XIV seemed to turn every popemobile route into an impromptu nursery procession, with children repeatedly …