Oct. 25—When she comes up to the altar rail to receive a blessing during Communion while wearing her clerical vestments, the Rev. Anne Tropeano — known as "Father Anne" — receives a variety of looks ...

Campaigners for women priests and deacons in the Catholic Church extended their “warmest congratulations” to Dame Sarah ...

As the Vatican's Petrocchi Commission leaves the door ajar for women deacons, theologians and religious sisters debate ...

The first week of the Synod on Synodality session is in the books, and if you’ve been following the media’s account of things, you’d be forgiven for thinking the event is primarily focused on ...

With the installation of the first female archbishop of Canterbury, women clergy in the Episcopal Church reflect on the struggle toward women's ordination and the future of women in ministry.

Pope Francis has ruled out women's ordination, saying the "last word" on the question was delivered by St. John Paul II and that no changes are foreseen. Francis was asked en route home Tuesday from ...

Almost 40 years ago, while working in campus ministry at the University of Illinois, a young female colleague convinced me that women should be ordained to serve in the ministry. She was smart, ...

As the world celebrates gender equality this month, Thai women are breaking barriers in many fields - yet the nation's clergy stands firm against change. In Thailand, where Buddhism is hailed as the ...

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