Catholics suffer from widespread ignorance of important, historical precedents of both female and lay ecclesial leadership.

If women's roles are a concern in U.S. churches, said Elisa Belotti, 28, a Catholic in Brescia, in northern Italy, simply not showing up at church gatherings or Mass would be counterproductive in ...

Women deacons could also bolster the church’s presence in schools, hospitals and prisons, along with providing leaders for Catholic communities. Church leaders in the Amazon, where priests are ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY — A years-long process to reform the Catholic Church closed Saturday with recommendations that fell short of hopes that women would be given more equity. Pope Francis said he would ...

Pope Francis' yearslong process to reform the Catholic Church closed Saturday with recommendations that fell short of giving women more equity as hoped but reflected the pope's aims for a church ...

RNS Vatican correspondent Claire Giangravé takes us inside the Synod on Synodality, where centuries-old questions about women’s leadership are still simmering. Exploring the evolving role of ...

But because the Catholic Church does not ordain women as priests, according to social elite label makers, it must be sexist! In the 15 years since I entered the church after reading a series of ...

Moreover, Vance's views on childless women are sharply at odds with the attitude of his present Catholic faith. As a scholar of medieval Catholicism, I know that Catholic history is full of ...

(RNS) — As Lent began on Ash Wednesday (March 5), Catholic women frustrated over being disenfranchised by the church despite ...