America Media has released a video explainer about the state of the women deacons question. It looks at the history of women deacons and raises the key theological questions in the debate.

Vilnius (KNA) Archbishop Georg Gänswein, 68, has officially taken up his post as papal ambassador in Vilnius. The German presented Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda with his credentials as ...

Molly Cahill: Interestingly, the oldest reference, and the only deacon mentioned by name in the New Testament is a woman, Phoebe. Paul, the great Christian missionary, entrusted Phoebe to deliver a ...

Pope Francis was greeted Sunday afternoon by a crowd of 20,000 people in what he had called “the periphery of the peripheries,” the coastal city of Vanimo in Papua New Guinea. Located in the northwest ...

Arriving in Papua New Guinea, Pope Francis called for greater efforts toward material development and lasting peace in the ...

Pope Francis’ second day in Indonesia involved two major events: a meeting with political and religious authorities and an ...

Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of the deaf be cleared; then will the lame leap like a stag, then the ...

During his visit to Indonesia, Pope Francis and the grand imam of the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta signed the ”Joint ...

A late-blooming poet reflects on his journey of pursuing an MFA centered in the Catholic literary tradition, and how it fits ...

Today marks the feast of St. Peter Claver, a Jesuit priest who is perhaps best remembered for his ministry to enslaved ...

Indonesia sees itself as a site of calm and tolerance during a time when different faiths come into ruinous conflict in other ...