Michael Haynes

Citing the Synod's final document, Father James Martin said that now 'there is a general consensus that the church needs to reach out to LGBTQ people, even if the term is not used' in the text itself.

Cardinal Sean O'Malley's Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors published its first report into policies of various bodies of the Roman Curia and bishops conferences in response to abuse of minors, offering seven key aspects to be implemented in the Church.

No mention of female deacons was included in the draft report issued to the synod participants, according to a report, but amendments were then made to the final document.

Pope Pius XI praised the 'glorious' Martyrs of Damascus, whose steadfast clinging to the Catholic faith earned them the crown of martyrdom at the hands of Muslim persecutors.

Faithful Irish Catholics are taking a public stance against the occult-inspired Púca festival celebrated during Halloween. They warn it 'threatens the Catholic faith and Christian culture of Ireland.'

Cardinal Walter Kasper made a personal appeal for the female diaconate, following the Synod on Synodality's openness to it, also adding that prohibiting women from Holy Orders is ‘problematic.'

In response to the Synod on Synodality, Cardinal Raymond burke said Catholics 'should be devoting our energy to the proclamation of the truth about human life, about human nature, human sexuality, marriage, the family, religious freedom.'

Sunday: Unseasonably warm and dry weather continues with afternoon temperatures near 80 under a mix of sun and clouds. The average high for early November is 70, putting us a good ten to twelve deg…

The Vatican communications office includes one of the foremost LGBT advocates in the Church and a close collaborator of one of the most scandal-plagued priests in Rome.

Pope Francis has often praised Emma Bonino as one of the nation's 'forgotten greats,' despite her prolific abortion activism and her claim to have performed abortions herself.