Cavaness took the microphone to a standing ovation, beginning her sermon by first sharing her deep ties to the Philadelphia ...
The first cohort of women became priests in 1994 at an historical service at Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire. "We had lots of ...
The Rev. Carolyn Cavaness has been appointed as the first woman pastor in the history of Mother Bethel AME Church.
This comes after the Vatican released a new Vatican Synod document, which still does not allow women to be priests.
Nearly 157 years since St. Mary’s Episcopal Church’s first worship service, they have ordained their first female priest in charge.