The unsparing analysis, rare for a Vatican document, came from a study group created as part of the Synod of Bishops on synodality tasked with examining women's participation in the life and ...

The Vatican has published the final report of the synod study group examining women's participation in the church.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rome, Italy – When Pope Francis was elected in 2013, he faced loud calls to expand the role of women within the Roman Catholic ...

Research over the past six decades reveals that the number of Catholic sisters has steadily declined, but they remain committed to what they believe matters most — expanding min ...

What would the Catholic Church do without women? If some activists have their way, we're about to find out. A new project is urging women to strike by withholding time, labor and financial resources ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The global Catholic Church is split on whether to allow women to serve as deacons, a Vatican document showed on Tuesday, just weeks after Pope Francis ruled out any opening on ...

Endow – which stands for Educating on the Nature and Dignity of Women – creates small-group gatherings of women who read aloud, reflect on study themes, and speak honestly about living out their faith ...

From coastal China to Southeast Asia, Catholic communities across the continent marked International Women’s Day on March 8 with prayer, reflection, and advocacy recognizing the role of women in the ...

Pope Francis' yearslong process to reform the Catholic Church closed Saturday with recommendations that fell short of giving women more equity as hoped but reflected the pope's aims for a church that ...

(RNS) — The Synod on Synodality disappointed many women’s hopes that it would recognize women’s essential role in the church. A women’s strike, they hope, will make their point. (RNS) — As Lent began ...

I can predict only one thing with certainty about the next pope: He will be 100% biologically male. That fact and that he will be chosen by an all-male College of Cardinals, which convenes May 7, to ...

Catholics across Mexico joined hands outside cathedrals and parish churches to prevent vandalism at the women's marches, which have targeted churches and government buildings, according to social ...