After more than five decades of looking at survey research, I am rarely surprised by the results when I look at a new poll. The recent Pew Research Center survey of Latin American Catholics, however, ...

"We're here with a very clear message for the Vatican, 'Don't kick the can down the road on women's ministries'". :: Pope Francis was hosting the Synod nearby, which has postponed action on the topic ...

Participants in the assembly of the Synod of Bishops meeting in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Oct. 25, 2023. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – A working document for the final ...

In major Latin American countries, Catholic support for ordaining women as priests has risen significantly in the last decade, while Pope Francis’ popularity has declined somewhat, according to a ...

The Church of England got a walloping surprise last week. From China, by way of New Zealand’s missionary magazine the Reaper, came news that Hong Kong’s Bishop Ronald Owen Hall (currently stationed in ...

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Wednesday the Catholic Church could have female priests in her grandchildren's lifetime. "Maybe my grandkids'," Pelosi told Politico’s Jonathan ...

Hong Kong was decades ahead of Britain when it came to the ordination of women priests, even though that might seem unlikely ...

Six women were ordained in a secret ceremony on a river barge in Rome this month - Copyright AFP/File Mohammed ABED Six women were ordained in a secret ceremony on a ...

(RNS) — The survey also found that Francis’ popularity has dropped throughout Latin America in the last decade, though significant majorities of Latin American Catholics still view him favorably. (RNS ...