Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
At synod, Sydney archbishop apologizes to young people for church failures
VATICAN CITY — Australian Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney used his speech at the Synod of Bishops to formally apologize to young people for...
Pope Francis: Pray to protect church from devil, step up fight...
VATICAN CITY -- Signaling his belief that the Catholic Church is facing a serious crisis, Pope Francis asked every Catholic in the world to...
Pope Francis says church has grown in dealing with ‘corruption’ of...
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO ROME -- The Catholic Church has grown in its understanding of the horror of clerical sexual abuse and of...
Scandals create outrage, but there is time for conversion, pope says
TALLINN, Estonia — In what is probably the least religious country in Europe, Pope Francis said he is surprised by how many people hold...
Pope Francis acknowledges abuse scandals can diminish strength of faithful
TALLINN, Estonia -- In what is probably the least religious country in Europe, Pope Francis said he is surprised by how many people hold...
Pope Francis in Latvia: Marian pilgrims should remember those who suffer
AGLONA, Latvia -- What would Mary do? was the question Pope Francis, in effect, asked Latvian Catholics gathered at their nation's popular Marian shrine.
Celebrating...
Update: Vatican signs provisional agreement with China on naming bishops
VILNIUS, Lithuania -- For the first time in decades, all of the Catholic bishops in China are in full communion with the pope, the...
Listening church: Pope gives new vision for Synod of Bishops
VATICAN CITY — The Synod of Bishops increasingly should be a structure for listening to the Catholic faithful, demonstrating a local bishop’s concern for...
Vatican publishes list of synod participants, including papal nominees
VATICAN CITY -- To the list of members of the Synod of Bishops elected by national bishops' conferences, Pope Francis added cardinals from 14...
Council of Cardinals lines up behind Pope Francis in face of...
VATICAN CITY -- Members of Pope Francis' international Council of Cardinals expressed "full solidarity" with him in the midst of questions about his handling...