The U.S. Department of State is participating in international summits targeting LGBTQ rights are slated to start as soon as ...

The gathering, which included cardinals, bishops and lay people from more than 110 countries, also did not take a stand on ...

Fred Szczepanski — affectionately known as “Mr. Fred” to fellow parishioners — served as the music director at Traverse ...

For Francis, the synodal process was always more important than any decisions the synod made. Synodality requires a spiritual ...

The synod concluded without movement on the question of women deacons, but kept the issue open. That was frustrating to advocates but also has helped some remain hopeful.

These legal shifts will affect a number of ongoing policy debates, but especially debates over LGBTQ rights. Under Trump ...

There were differing assessments of the significance of the synod. Some hailed it as a watershed in Catholic history, while ...

Francis has sought to open the ... including women's leadership and welcoming LGBTQ Catholics. The study groups are to report to the pope next June and may recommend wider reforms.

The first session last October had a sort of "omnium gatherum" quality about it, as topics ranging from outreach to the LGBT to women's ordination ... In accord with Pope Francis' oft-stated priority, ...

The Synod of Synodality was supposed to decide important doctrinal issues but instead upset most, observers say.