NEW YORK (AP) — News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across ...

A group known as the Advocates for Women's Ordination Conference staged a protest regarding the current structure of the ...

Despite historic gains under Pope Francis, women remain excluded from the Catholic Church's highest levels of decision-making ...

Roughly 200 people were gathered in Tracy to talk about ways to live their Catholic faith. But the New Ulm Diocese Council of ...

There has been fierce debate within the Catholic community for years ... But Kate McElwee, executive director of the Women's Ordination Conference, told CBS News that, "on this question, women ...

Duignan was briefly detained in 2011 after she attempted to enter the Vatican to deliver a petition in support of a priest ...

Pope Francis appointed women to key Vatican posts. Will his successor consider women as deacons and priests next?

As people watched the papal election process unfold, advocates for issues including female clergy expressed hopes and fears ...

Just hours before the "princes" of the Catholic Church gathered in the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope, members of the Women's Ordination Conference lit pink smoke flares on a nearby hill in ...

“Women are not holding their breath,” said Kate McElwee, the executive director of Women’s Ordination Conference ... as deacons or priests. In the Catholic Church, the role of a deacon ...