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 ...

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

For the first time in 80 years, the Church of England must expedite the process of replacing its primate, the Archbishop of ...

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

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 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 ...

but that its focus would be on discussing the role of women in the church — not in the diaconate. He added that while working with women in previous pastoral roles, “most did not ask for or ...

Pope Francis was challenged by Belgian students Saturday about women's place in the Catholic Church, after paying tribute to a former sovereign who took a public stance against abortion.