The Synod on Synodality is over. What does the final document say?
The topic of women's leadership again saw opposition, as did local episcopal authority, but consensus increased compared to last year's synthesis.
The topic of women's leadership again saw opposition, as did local episcopal authority, but consensus increased compared to last year's synthesis.
On King Baudouin, Cdl Fridolin Ambongo says Congolese bishops remain open, while noting an investigation will dig deeply into the royal's past.
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the Vatican's doctrine czar, spoke to delegates Monday after his absence from a synod event on the topic last week.
The Mass at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome gathered hundreds of pilgrims from around the world, including the United States.
Archbishop Launay Saturné of Cap-Haitien is one of two Black Caribbean delegates to the Synod on Synodality, currently convening in Rome for the month of October.
A diverse crop of academics, historians, musicians, and clergy will mark the 40th anniversary of the Black bishops' pastoral letter and the 20th death anniversary of Fr Clarence Rivers.
Cardinal Victor Manuel “Tucho” Fernández made the comments on behalf of a study group on the topic, among several others, over the next 10 months.
King Baudouin praised the "genius" of Leopold II's bloody Congo Free State and turned a blind eye to the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba.
Dr. Cynthia Bailey Manns and Cardinal Wilton Gregory will again join more than 350 delegates for a month-long exploration of a "listening Church".
Ralph Moore, a year after petitioning Rome for Black saints, sees a crisis of good faith in Baltimore as it downsizes its Black Catholic footprint.
The event celebrates "What We Have Seen and Heard" coincides with the 20th death anniversary of Black Catholic liturgy pioneer Fr Clarence Rivers.
The move comes as the civil case remains open on appeal before the Maryland Supreme Court, which is set to hear oral arguments this month.
The ceremony will follow a Mass celebrated by Bishop Louis Kihneman III at Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church, a historically Black parish.
Tamika Royes addresses the elephant in the room as a Black Catholic looking for Church leadership on the issue of discrimination in Canada.
Briana Jansky spoke with her on the topic of renewal in ministry, the topic of her address at the NEC in July.
The nation's African-American cardinal celebrated Mass for the annual LGBTQ+ Catholic gathering, which took place this year at Georgetown University.