One of the most highly-watched study groups is on ministries in the Church, specifically the question of a female diaconate.

Pope Leo XIV won’t reverse the Vatican’s former policy on same-sex blessings, despite ongoing criticism from conservative bishops.

Leo will continue his predecessor's historic decision allowing priests to honor queer couples, though same-sex marriage ...

At age 47, Bishop-designate Thomas Hennen will be the youngest bishop leading a U.S. diocese. Hennen's ministry to LGBTQ+ ...

Pope Leo XIV is a member of the Order of Saint Augustine, the oldest monastic order, and as Prior General of the order, he ...

Pope Leo XIV is maintaining the Catholic Church's longstanding views on same-sex marriages. Under Pope Leo XIV, Catholic priests will continue to bless same-sex unions.

Thomas Hennen’s ministry in the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, signaled he backs current Catholic Church teaching on LGBTQ+ ...

When Henry Louis Gates Jr. set out to trace the family tree of America’s first pope, he had no idea he was about to uncover […] ...

Pope Leo XIV is also enacting a plan to build a solar farm that would make Vatican City the world’s first carbon-neutral ...

Pope Leo XIV has been presented with a physical copy of his family tree, which features some Black relatives. The news comes ...

France's Bishop Thibault Verny, 59, replaces American Cardinal Sean O’Malley, the retired archbishop of Boston.

Pope Leo XIV has created history as the first-ever American-born leader of the Catholic Church. For the first time since his ...