Women now hold roles that shape the Church’s global mission —from selecting bishops to overseeing humanitarian initiatives.

Pope Francis’ recent gesture of welcome for transgender Catholics has resonated strongly in this working class, seaside town south of Rome, where a community of trans women has found help and hope ...

The opinion by the head of a commission charged with considering the question in effect states that the Catholic Church ...

The newly appointed Pope Leo of the Vatican has already stirred controversy. At the annual ‘Lunch for the Poor’ held on Sunday, he could be seen giving a direct cold shoulder to a group of 48 trans ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, said Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel. Leo spoke off-the-cuff in ...