The recent doctrinal clarification by the Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW) has again rekindled the debate about the Church’s position on ...

The reorganization is a further step in Pope Francis’ gradual overhaul of the Roman Curia, which has included in recent months the replacement of several top personnel. The Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio, ...

Pope Francis on Saturday appointed secretaries of the doctrinal and disciplinary sections of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF). The Pope named Msgr. Armando Matteo, 51, as ...

Diversity in the Catholic Church springs from its reality as a communion of different people with different gifts, and a collegial approach to facing challenges ensures that those differences ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Recognizing the doctrinal authority of bishops’ conferences does not mean allowing them to reject the teaching authority of the pope, but rather to apply church teaching to their ...

Pope Francis' naming of his long-time Argentine collaborator, Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, as the new prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith marks the most ...

Participants in the Synod of Bishops on Synodality engage in discussion at the Vatican on Oct. 16, 2024. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – As the pope’s Synod of Bishops on Synodality breaches ...

At its United States Faith and Order Conference in Oberlin, the World Council of Churches drew up a series of section reports which it referred to member churches for study. The issues debated in ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The Vatican’s new doctrinal note sharply rejects polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman. VATICAN CITY (RNS) ...