ROME — Pope Francis on Feb. 14 overhauled the current structure of the Vatican's doctrinal office, creating an independent section to handle disciplinary matters related to the sexual abuse of minors.

In a recent interview, Pope Francis invoked St. Vincent of Lérins in relation to the concept of doctrinal development — especially as a remedy to what the Pope called indietrismo (an attitude of ...

Decentralizing doctrinal authority, or deciding certain doctrinal questions at local levels rather than universally, has been seen as a pivotal step for those aiming to make dramatic changes to ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Recognizing the doctrinal authority of bishops’ conferences does not mean allowing them to reject the teaching authority of the pope, but rather to apply church teaching to their ...

Participants in the Synod of Bishops on Synodality engage in discussion at the Vatican on Oct. 16, 2024. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – As the pope’s Synod of Bishops on Synodality breaches ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The Vatican’s new doctrinal note sharply rejects polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman. VATICAN CITY (RNS) ...

At its United States Faith and Order Conference in Oberlin, the World Council of Churches drew up a series of section reports which it referred to member churches for study. The issues debated in ...