Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life hosted an international conference on 'Pastors and lay faithful called to go forward together' to explore how to encourage 'positive collaboration' between clergy and laity for a more synodal Church

Catholic women are hoping for change in the Church as the Synod of Bishops prepares to open on 4 October at the Vatican; for the first time, both women and lay people will be able to vote

Pope Francis' priestly vocation was born seventy years ago, precisely on 21 September 1953 when Jorge Mario Bergoglio was almost 17 years old

"Vatican House of Sports," the operational headquarters of Athletica Vaticana, official multi-sport association, will be blessed and inaugurated on Sept 20 by Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education

Pope Francis announced that he is preparing an apostolic letter on St. Thérèse of Lisieux to be published on October 15