Rome, Italy – When Pope Francis was elected in 2013, he faced loud calls to expand the role of women within the Roman Catholic Church. To some extent, he delivered. Francis opened key meetings to ...

Here are some of the major stories about the Church from around the world that you may have missed this week: Bishop Markus Büchel of the Swiss Diocese of St. Gallen spoke out in favor of women’s ...

Recently, the Roman Catholic Church decided, once again, to profess that women cannot be ordained. Ordination is when an individual is consecrated as deacon, priest or bishop in order to serve God and ...

The international Catholic news weekly The Tablet thought the appointment of the first woman Archbishop of Canterbury in the Anglican Church presented a ripe opportunity for the Catholic Church to ...

Perhaps someday, the Catholic Church will allow women to serve as deacons. But that time, a Vatican commission has decided, is not now. “In light of Sacred Scripture, Tradition, and ecclesiastical ...

In the first week of February, the Vatican department that oversees Catholic Church doctrine accepted written testimonies about women in the church whose experience conforms with those called to be ...

“It was the most electric thing I have ever experienced inside the walls of a Catholic church,” one protester recalls. “It was the most electric thing I have ever experienced inside the walls of a ...

"There is neither male nor female. In Christ you are one" (Galatians 3:28). While in the military, I felt called by God to be a Catholic priest. I was lucky; I happened to be born male. In 1972, I was ...

Without them, no parish would function. They prepare ceremonies, care for the churches, and accompany the grieving. And yet, in the Catholic Church, they remain shut out of decision-making, leadership ...

As Lent began, Catholic women frustrated over being disenfranchised by the church despite promises of greater recognition are going on strike, withholding numerous services and ministries to their ...

The Canterbury Tale: Archbishop of Canterbury-designate Dame Sarah Mullally delivers an address in the Quire of Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, following the announcement that she will be the 106th ...

Perhaps someday, the Catholic Church will allow women to serve as deacons. But that time, a Vatican commission has decided, is not now. In a letter submitted to Pope Leo XIV and released this week, a ...