On Oct. 2, the Vatican begins a monthlong meeting of Catholic leaders from around the world to discuss church policy. This year, women are demanding a seat at the table. Some 400 Catholic leaders from ...

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 ...

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, speaks with Xavière Missionary Sister Nathalie Becquart, undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops, before the ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Special guest speakers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Red Cross spoke at a Johnson City District of Church Women United (CWU) meeting on ...

Following scandals of abuse and misconduct in 2018, Southern Baptist Convention leaders showed support for women in leadership. Subsequently, more women chair SBC committees and trustee boards. Push ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Even as they prepare to vote on a formal ban on churches with women pastors, delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to boot one ...

(RNS) — The issue of women staffers who have the title of pastor in SBC churches has been up for debate repeatedly in recent years. DALLAS (RNS) — For the second year in a row, a move to bar churches ...

The ordination of female deacons is no longer on the agenda during a global assembly at the Vatican, but will be discussed separately. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Vatican City Pope Francis ...

A meeting on the Church in the Amazon region took place in Manaus, Brazil, Aug. 19-22. (Credit: Brazilian Bishops’ Conference.) Listen SÃO PAULO – Five years after the Amazon Synod, members of the ...

The festivity of Our Lady of Perpetual Help promoted in Cali in June of 2023, with members of the Afro Pastoral Ministry of the Archdiocese of Cali, Colombia. (Credit: Afro Pastoral Ministry of Cali.) ...