Listening to others is the first essential ingredient of good communication and a condition of genuine dialogue, Pope Francis said.

Preaching long, spiritually empty homilies can reduce the Word of God to a mere set of abstract concepts that fail to awaken one's soul, Pope Francis said.

Pope emeritus Benedict XVI has admitted that a previous statement on his participation in a meeting that discussed an abusive priest was “objectively incorrect.”

Pope Francis installed women as well as men from all over the world as catechists and lectors on Sunday, marking a break with what had been church law reserving those ministries to men, even if women...

Discernment is a key attribute in protecting doctrinal integrity, in safeguarding the innocent and in guiding the church's synodal path, Pope Francis told members of and advisers to the Congregation...