Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration ceremony took place in Vatican City earlier today. Many were in attendance, and as tradition goes ...

Despite historic gains under Pope Francis, women remain excluded from the Catholic Church's highest levels of decision-making.

CBS News' panel in Vatican City discusses what the election of Pope Leo XIV might mean for women in the Catholic Church.

It was the most electric thing I have ever experienced inside the walls of a Catholic church,” one protester recalls.

Jeanne Ory is shy by nature. So, a few weeks ago, when she heard her name announced at Mass at St. Joan of Arc Church in ...

as did Francis’ earlier inclusion of women as voting participants in the Synod on Synodality. Secular news outlets underscored its unprecedented nature. Within the Catholic Church ...

The Catholic Church has witnessed a historic shift in its governance with the participation of women in the synod, marking a significant step towards inclusivity. In October 2024, the synod concluded, ...

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Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost presided over one of the most revolutionary reforms of Pope Francis’ ...

Pope Leo XIV has affirmed core Catholic teaching on marriage and the unborn in his first meeting with the ambassadors ...

In Ireland, a new study says attitudes towards the Church are “deeply divided” in the once deeply Catholic country.