There has been an alarming lack of transparency around the work of the synod’s ‘Study Group 5,’ tasked with examining, among ...

After the Vatican’s doctrine czar made it clear that the admittance of women to the diaconate is currently off the table, ...

Following the first assembly of the synod on synodality in 2023, Pope Francis set up 10 study groups to reflect more deeply ...

Before this month’s Synod at the Vatican, Pope Francis took the question of allowing women deacons off the agenda, referring this and other hot-button issues to study groups. That distressed many ...

Cardinal Víctor Fernández at a speech at the general congregation on Oct. 21 recalled that for the Holy Father the question ...

The issue of women deacons had been a major theme of the current Vatican synod on how to make the Catholic Church more ...

We know that the Holy Father has expressed that at this time the issue of the female diaconate is not mature and has asked ...

Significant Karva Chauth festival for married women in northern India, featuring fasting, rituals, and devotion for husbands' longevity.

Check out the list of 2025 Churchwide broadcasts from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including children and youth events, plus general conference dates.

Also, Elder David A. Bednar and his wife, Sister Susan Bednar, invite all Latter-day Saint young adults to participate in and prepare for a worldwide devotional on Nov. 3 ...

Director Titus Kaphar and actor André Holland on their new film about family, fathers, and the limits of forgiveness.

Anger, humour and irreverence mark the poems in the new anthology, Wild Women. Writers include a former courtesan, a ...