VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has decided to give women the right to vote at an upcoming meeting of bishops, an historic reform that reflects his hopes to give women greater decision-making ...

(RNS) — There is growing momentum to restore women to the diaconate, which would allow women to serve as Catholic chaplains in prisons, hospitals and other settings. (RNS) — Casey Stanton wanted to ...

A decision by an Indiana Catholic women's college to open enrollment to some transgender applicants as of fall 2024 has resulted in a reprimand by the local bishop and divided students and alumnae. St ...

PARIS, France — A group of Catholic women in France has launched a manifesto to underscore the “beauty of the women's specific vocation.” The idea for the manifesto arose right after the publication ...

Pope Francis greets women ambassadors to the Holy See and women leaders of Catholic organizations after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 8, 2023, which is ...

Join women from the Philadelphia area for a day of fun, friendship, faith formation, and prayer at the Catholic Women’s ...

For the first time in centuries the ordination of women is on the table in the Roman Catholic Church. It has arisen as a real possibility through the Synod on Synodality, which was launched by Pope ...

Over the past few weeks, NCR has given space to various Black scholars and writers, as they have reflected on the current societal challenges of pandemic, police shootings and protest while addressing ...

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When Amy Coney Barrett was nominated to the Supreme Court last September, the media and the public alike rushed to scrutinize not only her legal credentials and jurisprudential philosophy, but also ...

From March 8–14, religious sisters are celebrated during the annual Catholic Sisters Week. Pope Leo XIV greets a woman religious during an audience with members of the Sisters of the Order of St.

The bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Maralal, Hieronymus Emusugut Joya, warned women against tempting priests after ...