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

Women now hold roles that shape the Church’s global mission —from selecting bishops to overseeing humanitarian initiatives.

Scott W. Sunquist calls the American church to observe the diversity in ecclesiologies around the world. The recent revival of interest in biblical gender roles—how men and women serve in the church ...

A sense of urgency has been growing after the role of women emerged as a dominant theme when Catholics from across the globe were canvassed for their views ahead of a meeting of bishops and lay people ...

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 ...

The U.S. feminist movement’s perpetual quest for gender equality has suffered notable setbacks during President Donald Trump’s second term — including the dismantling of various nondiscrimination ...

It was exciting to learn that St. Peter’s Basilica recently hired two women to be part of the La Fabbrica di San Pietro, for the first time since the institution responsible for the conservation of ...

*** day after Pope Francis made *** surprise trip to the Gelli Hospital in Rome. He was back in this time for surgery and the man who performed the operation said it all went well, the surgical ...

No woman had ever preached the keynote sermon at the Joint National Baptist Convention, a gathering of four historically Black Baptist denominations representing millions of people. That changed in ...

Although later pushed to the side, women in early Christian communities often owned the 'house churches' where congregations gathered to worship. The status of women in early Christianity has been ...

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