Tag: Catholic Church

The pope spoke about doubt and the Church to an estimated 20,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square April 16

“It is very sad when you find priests who are functionaries, who have forgotten they are pastors of the people"

Now more than ever, the first Latin American pope faces strong opposition from the conservative wing of the Catholic Church

The members of Pope Francis’ Council of Cardinals are tasked with assisting the pope “in the governance of the universal Church”

“It is time for pastors and laypeople to walk together, in every area of the Church’s life, in every part of the world"

From Australia to Ireland via the United States, thousands of priests, bishops and cardinals have been caught up in abuse scandals

The chapel was built in 1607 by Portuguese missionaries and has “great architectural, historical and cultural value”

The tensions come as the Catholic Church conducts a vast global consultation on its future, the "Synod on Synodality"

Pope Francis asks parishes to truly be communities: places of listening and welcome whose doors are always open to all, no one excluded

“I have to thank my teacher. He did not convince me to be a priest, but he told me to study well.”