For too many Catholics, ordained or lay, the responsibilities of the laity are those "delegated" by the priest or bishop. As the continental assemblies for the Synod of Bishops make clear that ...

Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor John Joseph Kennedy, currently secretary of the disciplinary section of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, as titular bishop of Ossero, Croatia, ...

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), the Vatican body responsible for questions of doctrinal orthodoxy in the Catholic Church, has a group of outside consultants. What is the role of ...

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, relator general of the synod on synodality, speaks during a news conference at the Vatican March 14, 2024, about study groups authorized by Pope Francis to examine ...

Consolata Missionary Sister Simona Brambilla, secretary of the Dicastery for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life, speaks during a news conference at the Vatican ...

Pope Francis has appointed Consolata Missionary Sister Simona Brambilla to be the first woman to lead a Vatican dicastery, naming her prefect of the Dicastery for the Institutes of Consecrated Life ...