The Church's opening to women initiated by Francis will be one of the challenges the next Pope will face. Hours before the cardinals locked themselves in the conclave that will choose the successor of ...

Alcoholism among women is rising. Can the church help? Fifteen years ago, Sherry Hoppen was a mom of three, a ministry leader in her church, and a volunteer at her local pregnancy center when her ...

To understand pastors of Cities Church, examine where they came from, how they view authority, submission, gender and punishment.

A crisis confronts the women who have gathered in a hayloft. They are members of an agrarian religious community that shuns the modern world. To their horror, they have discovered that men in their ...

Since the beginnings of Christianity, women have always been at the heart of the faith, in the shadows as well as in the light. They stood by Christ, they spoke, and supported the first Christian ...

A church Instagram post tapped into a long-running seam of discontent among some women, who have chafed at restrictions. By Ruth Graham On Sunday night, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ...

At the third Women of the Church conference for Catholic women leaders, a morning prayer service began with a reading of the Gospel account of Mary of Magdala witnessing the resurrected Jesus outside ...

During the Francis papacy, the role of women in the church emerged as a pressing priority, with Catholics across the globe calling for change. The Argentine pontiff listened, breaking some important ...