Women are following that admonition — and history shows listening to women has vastly improved the church at every level. Lots of women have shared ideas recently. In the same Instagram post by ...

More women are entering seminary and other theological programs in mainstream Christian denominations. Some look at it as an opportunity for activism and a reinvigoration of faith.

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 ...

VATICAN CITY — A few years ago, Pope Francis told the head of the main Vatican-backed Catholic women’s organization to be “brave” in pushing for change for women in the Catholic Church.

"Men are staying in church," Ruth Graham said at The New York Times, "while the women are leaving at a remarkable clip."Church membership has been dropping in the United States for years, but the ...

For years, women have been diminished by a Church culture that enshrines polite misogyny. Degrading and undermining comments are made in a toxic climate of niceness, which permits women to be ...

A sense of urgency has been growing after the role of women emerged as a dominant theme when Catholics from across the globe were canvassed for their views ahead of a meeting of bishops and lay ...

Who said what. The final document, approved by 368 delegates after three years of discussion "at every level of the Catholic Church," laid out a "vision for structural reform" that would give "lay ...

More women are entering seminary and other theological programs in mainstream Christian denominations. Some look at it as an opportunity for activism and a reinvigoration of faith.

(RNS) — Women are second-class citizens in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, guest columnist Emily W. Jensen concludes in analyzing the church's recent efforts to connect better ...