Pope Francis opened a synod Sunday to champion the Amazon's poverty-stricken and isolated indigenous communities by condemning the destructive 'interests' he blamed for the fires that devastated ...

(RNS) — After raising expectations with his Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis is punting on a number ... a major issue at the 2019 Synod on the Amazon. That synod was told that the issue could ...

Pope Francis sent a message to a United Nations gathering on Indigenous Peoples, stressing the need to preserve their ...

Xaviere Missionary Sister Nathalie Becquart, a student in the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, has been appointed by Pope Francis as an undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops, making ...