Pope Francis speaks to members of the Synod of Bishops on synodality after they approved their final document Oct. 26, 2024, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) ...

In a surprising move at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality on Saturday evening, Pope Francis ratified the final report, approved its immediate publication, and said he will not publish a ...

Pope Leo XIV speaks during the international conference "Raising Hope for Climate Justice" at the Mariapolis Center in Castel Gandolfo. Marco Iacobucci/IPA via ZUMA Press/dpa In his first major ...

ROME – In his first major doctrinal letter, Pope Leo XIV has called on society to free itself from its self-centeredness and hear the cry of the poor. Society is characterized by numerous inequalities ...

As an African woman theologian, I read “Dilexi Te” not as an abstract ecclesial document, but as a reflection of the ...

It is odd — or is it? — that Pope Leo begins his apostolic exhortation Dilexi Te with the story of the woman who poured costly oil on Jesus' head (Matthew 26:8-9,11), only to be upbraided by one of ...

The Synod on Synodality is the fifth synod of Pope Francis’ pontificate. It marks the first time he has chosen to forgo writing a post-synodal apostolic exhortation in favor of adopting the text ...

In 2015, Pope Francis came out as an environmentalist, with his landmark encyclical Laudato Si, later called by Bill McKibben “the most important document yet of this millennium” and by Pankaj Mishra ...

An apostolic exhortation written by Pope Francis made international headlines in February, but not of the sort that many Francis supporters were expecting. Last fall, a proposal that would have ...

ROME — In his first major doctrinal letter, Pope Leo XIV has called on society to free itself from its self-centeredness and hear the cry of the poor. Society is characterized by numerous inequalities ...

Pope Francis’ new document on the environment, to be released Oct. 4, will be called Laudate Deum. The pope shared the name of his latest apostolic exhortation during a meeting with Latin American ...

(RNS) — Pope Leo XIV is clear in his first formal document: The love of money really is the root of all evils. At a press conference on Thursday (Oct. 9), the Vatican presented his apostolic ...