Many church fathers write about this. So that women tend to get excluded from those functions, [though] they do have some roles, [such] as joining a group called the widows or deaconesses in the ...

Francis has also faced criticism recently for expressing what one Belgian Catholic university denounced as “reductive” views on the role of women in the church. In an interview earlier this ...

Brandi Kellett long sensed she had a gift for leading ministry, but the church ... role at the congregation. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Women ...

Pope Francis has made an Italian lawyer the first woman to hold a management position ... one who is supposed to devote himself to the Church and not be distracted by what some consider to be ...

Pope Francis concluded the Synod of Bishops on Sunday, leaving the role of women in the Church unresolved. The final document offered no steps toward greater equity, with issues such as female ...

Bishop Brendan Leahy said it was proposed at the Synodal Assembly that more women be included in the formation of future ...