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Could the Catholic date for Easter change soon?
Deep Dive: What happened at the 2024 Synod on Synodality
Pope Francis says mass U.S. deportations would be a "disgrace"
Vatican approves new guidelines for gay seminarians in Italy
Cardinal McElroy to DC and Sister Brambilla to a top spot at the Vatican: what you need to know
The Jubilee year: Its history and what’s planned for 2025
Pope Francis’ birthday, biography and shocking assassination attempt revelation
Pope Francis creates 21 cardinals, calls for an end to U.S. death penalty
Pope Francis explains magisterial weight of synod final document
Pope Francis on Gaza: We must investigate allegations of genocide
The Vatican responds to Donald Trump’s re-election as president
Interview: Michael W. Higgins on how Pope Francis has ‘disrupted’ the church
Key takeaways from the synod with Cardinal Joe Tobin
Catherine Clifford on the Synod’s accomplishments, communications failures and what's next
Father James Martin on making history at the Synod on Synodality
Inside the contentious synod meeting on women deacons
A Methodist’s take on the synod, dialogue and unity between Christian Churches
How authority is being reimagined at the Synod
Interview: Laurence Gien, the abuse survivor and baritone who spoke at the Vatican
New cardinals, a penitential liturgy and women deacons: Week One of the Synod
Your burning Vatican questions answered
Pope Francis criticized in Belgium; members of Peruvian lay group suspended for abuse
Two young, lay synod delegates on what it’s (really) like in the synod hall
The Vatican’s Medjugorje decision, explained
Trump and Harris ‘both against life,’ pope says
With Pope Francis in Timor Leste
‘Inside the Vatican’ live from Jakarta
Deep Dive: The Rise and Fall of Archbishop Viganò
Viganò charged with schism
Pope Francis meets Biden, Zelensky, and talks AI ethics at G7 summit
Pope Francis to meet Joe Biden, Whoopi Goldberg this week
Pope Francis welcomes 50,000 children to the Vatican for first World Children’s Day
Pope Francis' homophobic slur, and the Vatican apology that followed
Update: Pope Francis apologizes for using anti-gay slur
Pope Francis says ‘no’ to women deacons
Jubilee Year 2025: What you need to know
Israeli Jesuit: Antisemitism is real. But not all support for Palestine is antisemitic.
Pope Francis visits Venice Biennale art festival in another papal first
‘Inside the Vatican’ live from the pope’s homeland
After public rift, Francis restores Benedict XVI’s former secretary to Vatican service
What the Vatican said about gender in ‘Dignitas Infinita’
New Vatican document addresses gender theory, surrogacy and more
Deep Dive: Why Catholics are worried about seminaries and young priests
Pope Francis’ Holy Week
Vatican creates study groups on women deacons, role of bishops, seminary reform
11 Years of Pope Francis: What’s next?
Meet the Anglican woman bishop who spoke to Pope Francis about women’s ordination
Two of Rupnik’s alleged victims speak out
Go on retreat with Pope Francis this Lent
Pope Francis and cardinals reconsider women deacons
Pope Francis sends wartime letter to Israeli Jews
Rapid developments in Vatican-China relations: Here’s what you need to know
Why Pope Francis is worried about declining birth rates
Blessings and backlash: A conversation on ‘Fiducia Supplicans’
Pope Francis’ plans for 2024
Cardinal Becciu's embezzlement conviction
Father James Martin, S.J. on Vatican approval of blessings for same-sex couples.
Understanding the pope’s U.S. critics, with Mike Lewis
Did Pope Francis punish Cardinal Burke?
Deep Dive: What happened at the synod in Rome?
Update: Pope Francis cancels Dubai trip
Update: Pope Francis meets with Israeli, Palestinian families
Pope Francis removes U.S. critic Bishop Joseph Strickland
What the Vatican is doing on Israel-Palestine
Does the synod threaten bishops’ authority?
Synod on Synodality Debrief with Father James Martin
Unpacking the synod’s first letter to ‘the people of God’
What Asia is bringing to the Synod on Synodality
A synod insider on evangelization and World Mission Sunday
The evolution of synod secrecy at the Vatican
As discussion turns to women deacons, the synod ‘gets interesting’
Meet the lay woman who led the U.S. synod process
Why Pope Francis is insisting on synod secrecy
Everything you need to know about the Synod on Synodality | Jesuitical
The synod begins—inside and outside the synod hall
Three top moments from Pope Francis’ Marseille trip
Unearthed letter suggests Pius XII knew about the Holocaust
The case against voting at the Synod on Synodality
Pope Francis visits Mongolia, speaks on American critics
Deep Dive: Why Pope Francis is going to Mongolia
World Youth Day recap: A diverse and inclusive event unparalleled on the global stage
In Lisbon, a rejuvenated Pope Francis tells youth the church is for everyone
Deep Dive: Is World Youth Day worth it?
Vatican investigates U.S. bishop critical of Pope Francis
Unpacking the synod’s working document
Introducing "Preach: The Catholic Homilies Podcast"
Rupnik expelled from Jesuits for “obstinate refusal” to obey
How the Vatican talks about the health of the pope
Pope Francis hospitalized for surgery
How should Catholics behave on social media?
The secrets of Fátima and Pope Francis’ mission for peace in Ukraine
President Zelensky meets Pope Francis
What we know about Pope Francis’ secret peace mission to stop the war in Ukraine
Pope Francis hints at secret peace talks between Russia and Ukraine
Pope Francis announces women will have vote at upcoming synod
Pope Francis defends John Paul II against ‘offensive accusations’
China breaches its agreement with the Vatican on appointment of bishops
Pope Francis’ bounce back to ministry for Holy Week
Update: The Vatican repudiates the 15th century 'Doctrine of Discovery'
The Pope’s puffer jacket and how the Vatican is responding to A.I.