Bishop Peter Wu Yishun was consecrated bishop of Minbei in Fujian in southeast China, the Vatican said in a statement. It noted that Francis had named him bishop on Dec. 6. On Monday, the Vatican ...
ROME--The Vatican on Tuesday answered its critics and defended its pursuit of an extended agreement with China on bishop nominations, acknowledging difficulties but insisting the effort had ...
Even as some Catholics look at the synod with skepticism, others don’t know what it means or haven’t heard of it at all. Pope ...
Brazil, India, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Turkey are all members of the G-20 with a track record of seeking to ...
Nuns at an Arlington-based monastery have accused Bishop Michael Olson of "an ugly attempt to seize control of our governance ...
As part of NCR's new podcast, The Vatican Briefing, one of the voting members of the Synod of Bishops has indicated an openness to restoring the early Catholic Church's tradition of ordaining ...
The Vatican's recent document on human dignity shows that the Catholic Church transcends secular ideas of "left" and "right," America's most popular bishop says. Bishop Robert Barron of the ...
"We are not things to be traded or given away in backroom deals," the nuns wrote in a four-page response to the decree posted ...
Arlington nuns at the center of a vicious dispute with the Fort Worth bishop have rejected a Vatican decree to place them under new authority, saying it amounts to a hostile takeover. In a ...
In the Vatican’s letter to the monastery about the transfer of governing authority, the Church has ordered the nuns to “withdraw and rescind your declaration” challenging the bishop’s ...
The Vatican announced on Saturday that the priest ordained in the Philippines and incardinated into the Sacramento Diocese in ...
She has denied the allegation and appealed her dismissal to the Vatican. Gerlach and Sister Francis Therese had sued Olson a month earlier, alleging that the bishop defamed Gerlach, invaded their ...