"We resumed some of the proposals that emerged during the 2019 Amazon synod, like the creation of an Amazon fund that could finance part of our operations." ...

A federal appeals court temporarily blocked a federal land transfer to a copper mining giant that would destroy a site considered sacred by Indigenous peoples.

The special synod resolved to seek 50% representation for laity, with women forming up to 40% of that share, in every decision-making body of the church.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Aug. 18 it has taken "robust" actions to prevent religious discrimination in ...

Cardinal Aveline said the French bishops heard "sadness, a lot of desolation, a lot of worry, a lot of anguish" from people ...

Pope Leo XIV asked Catholics to observe Aug. 22 as a day of prayer and fasting for peace and justice, particularly in Ukraine and in the Holy Land.

Archbishop Gudziak traveled to Ukraine two days after the Aug. 15 summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.

A Central American nonprofit center in Florida reports one of its client family members -- despite having an active asylum claim and no criminal record -- was recently detained on his way to work and ...