Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rome, Italy – When Pope Francis was elected in 2013, he faced loud calls to expand the role of women within the Roman Catholic ...

Oct. 25—When she comes up to the altar rail to receive a blessing during Communion while wearing her clerical vestments, the Rev. Anne Tropeano — known as "Father Anne" — receives a variety of looks ...

Alongside the well-known rise of male Catholic content creators, a number of young women have been steadily building ...

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Wednesday the Catholic Church could have female priests in her grandchildren's lifetime. "Maybe my grandkids'," Pelosi told Politico’s Jonathan ...

MEGHALAYA, India (RNS) — Eight days before Christmas last year, Senseful Dkhar, a 55-year-old schoolteacher, led her fellow ...

"I seek to create a refuge for Catholic women who are on the margins and don't feel like there's a place for them." Typically shying away from online conflict, Cora (not her real name) had approached ...

The Church of England agreed in 2014 to allow female priests to become bishops. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

The Catholic Church has specific theological and canonical reasons why a woman cannot be appointed as pope. These reasons are primarily based on tradition, doctrine, and the interpretation of ...

With the conclave to select a new Pope beginning on May 7, many are wondering in what direction a new pope will take the Catholic Church. The role of women in the Church is a big issue, and there are ...

(RNS) — A network of leading female scholars and experts looking for ways to promote women’s standing in the church says the key is to embrace femininity. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Women in key roles at ...