Unless the Catholic Church breaks its 2,000-year tradition of ordaining only men to the priesthood, Archbishop of Luxembourg ...

Before attending UCLA in that bustling city, Reed had graduated from a small Christian academy in a town in central ...

Jane Varner Malhotra, a Catholic from the US, said she has been advocating for women’s ordination in the Catholic Church for 50 years.

Movements have moments. The installation of Sarah Elisabeth Mullally as Archbishop of Canterbury, on the Feast of the ...

(RNS) — A Vatican-appointed commission says current church teaching does not allow women to be ordained as Catholic deacons. Advocates for women deacons describe the decision as discouraging and warn ...

A panel of Catholic leaders argued that women play an important role in advancing the Catholic Church’s mission and promoting the common good at a Georgetown University dialogue March 9. Held one day ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tina Thompson on Dec. 19, 2025, in her home in Lawrence, recounts how her family influenced her faith Tina Thompson on Dec. 19, ...

ROME — A second Vatican study commission has determined that women should not be ordained as deacons, dealing another setback to Catholic women who hope one day to be able to preside at weddings, ...

From March 8–14, religious sisters are celebrated during the annual Catholic Sisters Week. Pope Leo XIV greets a woman religious during an audience with members of the Sisters of the Order of St.

Seton III, a Catholic women’s service organization, will have its monthly luncheon meeting at noon Thursday at A ...

Campaigners for women priests and deacons in the Catholic Church extended their “warmest congratulations” to Dame Sarah Mullally as she prepares to be ...