Many Ugandans are still waiting for that transformative change to materialize across key sectors. Some had hoped it would ...

As a woman in leadership in the church, with authority not conferred by ordination, I have come to realize that women can be leaders within the church without being ordained as priests.

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 ...

The new pope opposed letting women serve as deacons but endorsed some of his predecessor’s moves to expand their involvement. By Patricia Mazzei Reporting from Rome In 2023, Cardinal Robert ...

A professor of New Testament Studies (literature, theology, exegesis, and African biblical hermeneutics), Olubayo Obijole, has stated that women have a lot to offer in church leadership. He made ...

In a 2023 interview with Vatican Media, Leo XIV highlighted his experience with having women in church leadership, particularly discussing the three women appointed to help select bishops -- a ...

Members of the Women's Advisory Committee pose with Cardinal Robert McElroy, formerly of the San Diego Diocese. The committee conducted a survey of parishes, pastors and women in leadership within ...

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Overall, the church is telling women, “We need you, but stay in your place.” The first statement came from Elder Dale G. Renlund, who spoke at a women’s conference in Arcadia, California.The ...

RNS — On Tuesday, the Vatican announced that work is beginning on a document regarding women in leadership roles in the Catholic Church. Longstanding demands by women to have a greater say in ...