Phyllis Zagano

Anyone looking for a quick answer from Leo XIV will have to wait. He is very much a synodal man, and so the question of women deacons is open for the whole church to consider.

Francis' 12-year reign saw small steps advancing women in the church. We may not know for years what the aims of a new papacy will be.

The New Yorker magazine has managed to insult Christians and Jews alike with a cartoon depicting the Last Supper in an April issue, writes columnist Phyllis Zagano.

Vance and Trump seem confident in their grasp of Christian ethics, but don't be fooled by all the Catholics in the Cabinet. Their policies are destroying people's livelihoods and lives, and can't be supported by anyone.

Vance and Trump seem confident in their grasp of Christian ethics, but don't be fooled by all the Catholics in the Cabinet. Their policies are destroying people's livelihoods and lives, and can't be supported by anyone.

The church depends on donations from nations whose better off have been educated on the baptismal equality of all persons.

Must one vote for one or the other, as the pope suggests? Phyllis Zagano explores the basic question for both voters and bishops alike: Which team is more pro-life?

Pope Francis' opening to women in church management is promising. Getting women into the sacristy is trickier.

Christopher White, NCR’s Vatican correspondent, participated in “The Synod: What happened? What didn’t? What’s next?” The panel addressed a wide range of topics, including synod highlights and lowlights.

To reform the church is to put God first and adore him, and to love and serve others, Pope Francis said at Mass marking the conclusion of the first session of the Synod of Bishops on synodality on Oct. 29.