Pope Francis was so “dazzled” by a girl as a young man that he struggled to pray and nearly gave up his plans to become a priest, he said in a new autobiography. His infatuation with the young woman ...
The book was released precisely at a time when Francis had to decide on the thorny issue of celibacy. Extra spicy: the book was initially written together with pope emeritus Benedict. Cardinal ...
Organizers of Pope Francis’s ongoing Synod of Bishops on Synodality announced Thursday that ten different working groups had ...
Pope Francis said on Monday that the celibacy of priests is not a matter of Church dogma, while defending its value amid calls among some Catholics for the requirement to be dropped. Talking to ...
Bishop Folda in his statement noted that the decision to laicize a priest 'is not made by the local diocese or bishop but is ...
Pope Francis is currently considering allowing it in remote locations, such as the Amazon, where communities seldom have Mass due to a lack of priests. He is expected to publish his decision in ...
Pope Francis called for the release of two religious ... The Catholic Church should revise its celibacy requirement for Latin-rite priests, a senior official in the Vatican's doctrinal office ...
It is a positional war that has been dragging on for four years. For the moment, the conflict has solidified, waiting to see how the next Synod scheduled for autumn will unfold. On one side is ...
Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to stories on Pope Francis' call for Ukrainian ... NCR readers respond to stories on priestly celibacy, President Biden's State of the Union address ...
Pope Francis has ordered the laicization of a North ... Often, a man who is laicized is also dispensed from the obligation of celibacy and permitted to marry, though this is not always the case ...