Young adults are ready and willing to take on responsibility for and within the church. And many already have.

The pope said he knows that young people “are upset by sexual and economic scandals that do not meet with clear condemnation.”

The meeting of the Synod of Bishops on young people is an opportunity for an ongoing conversation between everyday lived experience and church teachings.

We have been told we are too gay or too female or too mentally ill or too divorced to serve in the church.

The U.S. bishops’ Dallas Charter to protect minors is working. Its principles should be applied to all Americans who work with children.

A room full of bishops talking about themselves and what they need to do to govern effectively is not the right move at this time.