If the church approaches women’s discernment with condescension instead of curiosity, it risks undermining the process of ...

Thomas O'Loughlin argues synodality remains a buzzword unless it changes how the Church acts. He uses a Greek village story ...

The pontiff offers something rare: a pastor-leader urging the church to reclaim the dignity of every person — not as an ...

A Vatican report on women deacons published last week said that women could not be admitted to the diaconate “understood as a ...

At the time of his election in May and in the months immediately following, this correspondent expressed a cautious ...

It’s now generally accepted that for Catholics ‘the way of being Church in the future’, as Pope Francis described it and as ...

At the conclusion of the conference, Mass in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe will take place at 4 p.m. local time in St. Peter ...

Pope Leo XIV ordered the release of the Summary of the Study Commission on the Female Diaconate last week, marking a new low ...

A commission set up by Pope Francis to study women deacons has voted against the possibility of ordaining women deacons while ...

Bishop Mark O'Connell told people wounded by the church: "Let me gently show you Jesus who loves you with an everlasting love. His light is never overcome by darkness, and He is your Messiah as truly ...

Bishop Mark O'Connell during the closing procession during his installation Mass as the 11th Bishop of Albany, New York. Pilot photo/courtesy Patrick Dodson ...

Following is a Pilot transcription of the homily delivered by Bishop Mark O'Connell during his Mass of installation as the 11th Bishop of Albany on Dec. 5, 2025. It contains minor edits for clarit ...