Damage was done. Their trust was broken. And despite the church’s wise and welcome decision to reverse the policy, the fallout of 2015 may be felt for years to come.

Bishop Edward C. Malesic and Chancellor Vincent Gardiner signed off on the “Parish and School Policy on Issues of Sexuality and Gender Identity” Aug. 30 with the new rules starting Sept. 1.

Even in those parts of the Catholic Church where Eastern Church precedents make for different patterns of liturgy and Church structure — the Syrian tradition in India, for example — the pattern of ...

Reception is how the church orients itself to the Spirit so that a rich reading of the signs of the times can be embraced. Teaching and reception go hand in hand, else, teaching becomes meaningless.

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There is reason to believe that Boff's ecclesiology influenced Francis' vision of synodality and church governance. Like Boff, Francis is famous for recognizing the Spirit at work in ordinary ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ big gathering of Catholic bishops and laypeople on the church’s future says it’s “urgent” to guarantee fuller participation of women in church governance.

Francis’ changes, most laid out in his March 19 apostolic constitution “ Praedicate Evangelium ” (“Preach the Gospel”), are the most dramatic made to church governance since Pope Paul VI ...

One of President Donald Trump's latest policies has prompted one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States to walk away entirely from a 40 year-long partnership with the ...