On Oct. 2, the Vatican begins a monthlong meeting of Catholic leaders from around the world to discuss church policy. This year, women are demanding a seat at the table. Some 400 Catholic leaders from ...

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, speaks with Xavière Missionary Sister Nathalie Becquart, undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops, before the ...

Before meeting Pope John Paul II 24 years ago, Mark Mogilka panicked. As he walked up the steps to greet the pope, he thought about the secret he had never shared with anyone but his wife — that he ...

Delegates will vote on whether to tighten restrictions on women in pastoral leadership and whether to condemn the use of in vitro fertilization. By Ruth Graham Reporting from the Southern Baptist ...

Following scandals of abuse and misconduct in 2018, Southern Baptist Convention leaders showed support for women in leadership. Subsequently, more women chair SBC committees and trustee boards. Push ...

The ordination of female deacons is no longer on the agenda during a global assembly at the Vatican, but will be discussed separately. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Vatican City Pope Francis ...

(RNS) — More than 10,000 local church messengers are expected at the SBC's annual meeting in Dallas next week — where they'll debate women pastors, deal with growing legal fees and decide the future ...

Debate on women’s participation in the Catholic Church — including the idea of whether women could one day be deacons — is not on the agenda for this month’s assembly of the Synod on Synodality, but ...

VATICAN CITY — A years-long process to reform the Catholic Church closed Saturday with recommendations that fell short of hopes that women would be given more equity. Pope Francis said he would not ...

(RNS) — The issue of women staffers who have the title of pastor in SBC churches has been up for debate repeatedly in recent years. DALLAS (RNS) — For the second year in a row, a move to bar churches ...

SALISBURY — The Salisbury/Rowan Unit of Church Women United hosted two celebrations during the first weekend in August. The first, the Human Rights Celebration, was held on Aug. 2 at Soldier’s ...