The Synod on Synodality of the Catholic Church faces diverse problems in diverse areas of the world, especially in the global south.

The fourth plenary assembly of the Synodal Path in Frankfurt ended Sept. 10 with a series of far-reaching reform resolutions.

Pope Francis had hoped his trip to Kazakhstan this week would offer a chance to meet with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church—who has justified the war in Ukraine—and plead for peace.

“We can speak lightly and, perhaps, skeptically about the grace of office,” writes British Jesuit Father James Hanvey. “In Queen Elizabeth, we saw that grace working.”

Kazakhstan, which Pope Francis will visit tomorrow, is largely an unknown country to many Catholics around the world. Here is a brief introduction to the country and its small Catholic community.

‘Severance’ critiques the faceless American company, for whom workers are interchangeable cogs and poor mental health is the collateral damage of productivity.

How do you keep things in perspective and maintain a faith life when you are trying to figure out new friends, new freedom and the location of your classes?

“When we think of Syria, there comes to mind the verse of the Book of Lamentations: ‘Vast as the sea is your ruin; who can heal you?’” Pope Francis said.

Is it possible that people who say that the sacrament is more trouble than it is worth, that they do not need confession, have duped themselves?

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time, by Kevin Clarke