Catholic voters were a crucial part of Donald J. Trump’s re-election as president. But did misogyny and a resistance to women ...

This comes after the Vatican released a new Vatican Synod document, which still does not allow women to be priests.

A month-long Vatican summit has ended with a call for women to have more leadership roles in the Catholic Church, but not a call for women to be ordained as priests, as some progressives had hoped ...

VATICAN CITY - A major Vatican summit of global Catholic leaders ended on Oct 26 with a call for women to be granted more leadership roles in the Church but stopped short of calling for women to ...

By denying transgender people opportunities to use the restroom, attend overnight activities and serve with youth or children ...

The Southern Baptist Convention rejected a proposal in June that sought to enshrine a ban on women pastors. But at the local level, conflict persists.

The final Synod assembly document, approved by Pope Francis, said women must be given all the opportunities that church law provides to act as leaders, but left the possibility of ordaining women ...

In its final text, the synod did not move forward on that possibility, but said "there is no reason or impediment that should prevent women from carrying out leadership roles in the Church".

OPINION The recent decision of the Lutheran Church to ordain women has sparked familiar debates. Too often discussions ...

The Rev. Carolyn Cavaness has been appointed as the first woman pastor in the history of Mother Bethel AME Church.

26), with the publication of a document laying out a vision for structural reform of the church and calling for the hierarchy to make more room for lay leaders, especially women. The final ...

The bishops, nuns and laypeople affirmed "there is no reason or impediment that should prevent women from carrying out leadership roles in the church," but the final document ruled out ordaining ...