(Getty Images) Mother Teresa, born an Albanian, spent her life in India and established The Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic congregation of women dedicated to the poor, in Kolkata in 1950.

The Catholic Church is filled with female saints who accomplished incredible feats for the Church and serve as role models ...

If women's roles are a concern in U.S. churches, said Elisa Belotti, 28, a Catholic in Brescia, in northern Italy, simply not showing up at church gatherings or Mass would be counterproductive in ...

As Lent began, Catholic women frustrated over being disenfranchised by the church despite promises of greater recognition are going on strike, withholding numerous services and ministries to their ...

During marches held March 8 to commemorate International Women’s Day, various Catholic cathedrals and churches in Mexico were vandalized with graffiti on their walls and damage to their structures.

It is a day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women as well as advocate for continued equality. The Catholic Church is filled with female saints who ...

Elizabethtown’s Summer McNulty (25) has her shot blocked by Catholic’s Anna Scoblick (13) during second-half action of a Landmark Conference women’s basketball semifinal at Elizabethtown ...

Bishop Persico recalls the history of Catholic sisters in northwestern Pennsylvania and their contributions to education, health and social services.