Sibley went home and decided to conduct her own ancestral veneration, mixed with tarot and Neopaganism. She said she would ...

Pope Leo XIV ordered the release of the Summary of the Study Commission on the Female Diaconate last week, marking a new low point in Catholic theology. The second commission that convened on the ...

A half-century ago, Sister Evelyn Lamoureux applied to become a deacon in the Roman Catholic Church. She met all the requirements except one: she wasn’t a man. Today, she is still waiting to become a ...

While teaching an ethics and culture course, Heidi Bollich-Erne was looking for a journal featuring the work of Catholic women for her students to read. After being told that it simply didn’t exist, ...

Perhaps someday, the Catholic Church will allow women to serve as deacons. But that time, a Vatican commission has decided, is not now. “In light of Sacred Scripture, Tradition, and ecclesiastical ...

VATICAN CITY — A high-level Vatican commission voted against allowing Catholic women to serve as deacons, maintaining the global Church’s practice of all-male clergy, according to a report given to ...

A second Vatican study commission has determined that women should not be ordained as deacons, dealing another setback to Catholic women who hope one day to be able to preside at weddings, baptisms ...

Panel of men and women debated appointment of women deacons Question has lingered for the past decade Deacons can baptize, witness marriages, but can't celebrate Mass Church reform groups criticize ...

People wait for the Angelus by Pope Leo XIV on July 27 in St. Peter’s Square. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.) Listen ROME — A second Vatican study commission has determined that women should not be ...

Chatter about which books are used for first Communion prep in Korea fills one corner of the room. Just a few feet away, several Catholic ladies discuss how post-Mass fellowship is done in North ...

A new pope is bringing new hope to some that the Roman Catholic Church could take a major step toward giving women more equality with men by allowing them to perform some of the same functions as ...

Limited access to mental health care, rising substance use disorders and increasing income inequality are three likely reasons that young women and mothers are reporting declining mental health. But ...