Pope Francis preaches about synodality, but canon lawyers are showing us how to make it more than a pious wish.

Several bishops and dioceses have slammed the Catholic Tribune newspapers for deceptively claiming to represent the church's ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Ascension Roman Catholic Church in Batavia was originally slated to remain open when the Diocese of Buffalo announced church closings earlier this year. But diocesan leaders changed ...

By Christopher Wells Synod participants have proposed more than one thousand “modi”, or amendments, to the so-called “Final ...

The Diocese of Scranton has dismissed a priest who served in Stroudsburg and Honesdale, among other assignments, after he was ...

Donata Horak, an Italian canonist, made her proposal at a synod-sponsored theological forum held at the Jesuits’ world ...

The Sun has independently confirmed six Baltimore area parishes whose members filed appeals challenging pending closures set ...

Trustee removals are among a host of recent developments as the diocese moves forward with plans announced in September to ...

The Diocese of Scranton defrocked a priest found guilty under church law of sexually abusing children, permanently ending his ...

after he was found guilty under canon law of sexually assaulting two minors. Martin M. Boylan’s dismissal is “the most severe penalty that the Catholic Church can impose on a cleric,” the ...

Pope Francis has called upon Church authorities to cooperate with civil authorities in relation to child sexual abuse by ...

The people of Northern Samar, led by their provincial government, lauded the appointment of Bishop Nolly Buco as head of the ...