A new document by the Italian bishops’ conference states that being openly gay no longer bars candidates from discerning the ...

The Vatican has approved new guidelines from Italian bishops allowing gay men to become priests if they remain celibate, ...

Candidates for the seminary should not be disqualified based on sexual orientation, according to new church guidelines in ...

The Vatican has approved new guidelines that allow gay men to become priests as long as they abstain from sex ...

By choosing Cardinal Robert McElroy to lead the Archdiocese of Washington, the pope is sending a message to the incoming ...

The pope, who turned 88 Dec. 17, mostly uses a wheelchair and presides over rather than concelebrates most public liturgies.

Pope Francis opens the Holy Year 2025, continues calls for peace, and addresses global challenges, emphasizing love, hope, ...

For women, it is largely their motherhood and devotionalism that seem to earn the church’s respect, leading to the perception ...

The Vatican has approved new guidelines from Italian bishops that allow gay men to enter seminaries as long as they abstain from sex, in an unexpected adjustment to how the global Catholic Church ...

Young homosexual men can train to become Catholic priests in Italy but not if they "support the so-called gay culture", according to new Church guidelines approved by the Vatican.

The appointment of both a nun as prefect and a cardinal as pro-prefect of a Vatican dicastery marks an unprecedented ...

And what Burch represents is a frontal assault on the papacy of Pope Francis. In an interview with The New York Times, Burch criticized the pope’s treatment of his critics and mocked his ...