The German bishops' conference had requested "in exceptional circumstances, a duly commissioned lay member of the faithful to ...

This past September, Pope Francis appointed 28 new consultants for the dicastery, headed since July 2023 by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández. Pope Francis meets with members of the Vatican’s Dicastery ...

The Vatican has rejected a request from the German bishops for special permission to allow lay men and women to preach ...

Among the “modern errors” the society noted were ecumenism, religious freedom, synodality and post-conciliar liturgical ...

The Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments will hold its annual plenary assembly Feb. 6-9 at the Jesuit Curia in Rome. Pope Francis with Cardinal Arthur Roche, prefect of ...

The Vatican shut down German bishops’ bid to allow lay preachers at Mass, drawing scrutiny over ongoing tensions between Rome ...

This is the logo for the theme of the ecumenical Season of Creation, which begins Sept. 1, the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, and concludes Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, ...

The updated statutes, which were published by the Vatican June 13, detail the commission's role within the Dicastery for the ...

Pope Francis said he plans to name two women to the committee that helps him choose bishops for the world's Latin-rite dioceses. In an interview July 2 with the Reuters news agency, the pope seemed to ...

Francis picked the 51-year-old cardinal from Kerala, coordinator of apostolic journeys, to succeed Card Ayuso Guixot who passed away last November. This makes him the first Asian at the helm of the ...