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 ...

Exploring the evolving role of women in the Catholic Church with RNS Vatican correspondent Claire Giangravé. Host Amanda Henderson sits down with Claire Giangravé, a Vatican correspondent for RNS, to ...

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 ...

Movements have moments. The installation of Sarah Elisabeth Mullally as Archbishop of Canterbury, on the Feast of the ...

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 ...

RNS — On Tuesday, the Vatican announced that work is beginning on a document regarding women in leadership roles in the Catholic Church. Longstanding demands by women to have a greater say in the ...

With the conclave to select a new Pope beginning on May 7, many are wondering in what direction a new pope will take the Catholic Church. The role of women in the Church is a big issue, and there are ...

Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. On Easter Sunday, he used his message and blessing to appeal for peace in Middle East and Ukraine. Pope Francis ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As cardinals selected American Cardinal Robert Prevost to become the 267th pontiff-- Pope Leo XIV -- on Thursday, one major group ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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 ...