But a papal commission examining the question said further study was required, and advised that women should be given other ...

The Vatican commission votes against women deacons, maintaining all-male clergy in a significant decision for the Church.

ROME -- A second Vatican study commission has determined that women should not be ordained as deacons, dealing another ...

This week’s interim reports from the synod’s study groups, tasked with examining controversial issues that arose at the synod ...

(RNS) — A Vatican-appointed commission says current church teaching does not allow women to be ordained as Catholic deacons.

Beth Allison Barr challenges the narrative that women have never exercised church authority. In 2021, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary president Albert Mohler reaffirmed his denomination’s stance ...

Members of the Episcopal Church Women group at St. Luke’s on Second Street in Marietta gather to plan the group’s September fundraiser, a Royale English Tea. (Photo by Janelle Patterson) MARIETTA — ...

“I came to div school as a Mormon ready to reconcile with a God that would give me some relief,” recalled Zora, a Black woman in her early 40s, about her semi­nary experience in the mid-2010s. “Oddly ...

Women in Baptist churches across Henderson County are working this summer to make Christmas special for female prisoners in the state. “It’s a small way to be the hands and feet of Jesus. Why not help ...

Across reality shows, social media and best-selling books, women raised in the church have increased its profile across pop ...