The Church's opening to women initiated by Francis will be one of the challenges the next Pope will face. Hours before the cardinals locked themselves in the conclave that will choose the successor of ...

Alcoholism among women is rising. Can the church help? Fifteen years ago, Sherry Hoppen was a mom of three, a ministry leader in her church, and a volunteer at her local pregnancy center when her ...

A crisis confronts the women who have gathered in a hayloft. They are members of an agrarian religious community that shuns the modern world. To their horror, they have discovered that men in their ...

In recent weeks, Pope Francis has drawn attention to the question of the role of women in the church, which has been a key topic in the global Synod on Synodality process, running from 2021 to 2024.

After multiple Catholic Church studies on the topic dating to 1973, expert on women deacons hopes Pope Leo XIV will make a ...