The success of the Synod of Bishops on synodality will much depend on also including parish priests in the process, said Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington.

The Great North American Eclipse has come and gone into astronomical history — and, according to NASA, the mainland United States will not see another total solar eclipse until 2044.

Jesuit Father William J. Byron, known for his leadership of Jesuit institutions of higher learning and his many years of lecturing, teaching and writing on the relationship between business practices and Catholic spirituality, died at Manresa Hall, the health center of the Jesuit community at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia April 9. He was 96.

A new report shows most U.S. Catholics approve of Pope Francis — but his ratings have slipped in the past few years, marked by political divides.

A landmark report published April 10 in the United Kingdom said children had been “let down” by a lack of research on the use of puberty blockers.

Today’s “growing culture of indifference and individualism” must be countered with prayer and adoration, which inspires solidarity with those in need, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis is planning to make the longest trip of his papacy in September, visiting Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singapore, the Vatican press office announced.

A woman religious based in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia asked OSV News to “tell all the world we suffer” as Russia’s 11-year war and atrocities intensify in Ukraine — and as Western aid is increasingly blocked by skeptical lawmakers.

Pope Francis took over the catechism classes at St. John Vianney parish on the far eastern edge of Rome to inaugurate his “School of Prayer.”

Nearly two years ago, the two priests who serve in the Indianapolis Archdiocese were selected by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops as two of more than 50 national eucharistic preachers in support of the three-year National Eucharistic Revival.