At a time when the church’s doctrinal teachings on faith and morals are questioned everywhere, the relevance of such teachings to the believers brought up in diverse contexts is of utmost importance.

On the eve of the highly anticipated publication of the final report for the Synod on Synodality, Zac Davis and Colleen Dulle speak with James Martin, S.J., about his time inside the second assembly.

The charitable nonprofit Unbound is currently seeking participants for a study on the health benefits of charitable giving.

A Reflection for Saturday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time, by Julian Navarro

Here’s what you need to know about “Dilexit nos,” the new encyclical from Pope Francis about the Sacred Heart.

A Reflection for Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.

“There is no going back!” That is the message I am hearing from many delegates during the final week of the Synod on Synodality as they refine the proposals of the draft final document.

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI, didn’t think much of bishops’ conferences. Among those who disagreed with the cardinal was Francis A. Sullivan, S.J.

The Synod on Synodality has raised the question of the role and authority of bishops’ conferences. In 1998, another moment when the question gained prominence, a leading authority on ecclesiology weighed in.

There has been an alarming lack of transparency around the work of the synod’s ‘Study Group 5,’ tasked with examining, among other things, the subject of women deacons.