In post-medieval Europe, disputes in marriage were solved by abducting the woman in question. This showed how women's freedom ...

Anne-Marie Pelletier, a theologian and biblical scholar, examines progress and resistance in the church on women’s rights, ...

A new video released to coincide with International Women’s Day (IWD) at the weekend by The Church of England in Lancashire ...

Off The Telly is always a celebration of brilliant women, but that’s especially true in this episode marking International ...

“I believe that unmarried women who are unable to get themselves husbands and who wish to have a family should be able to go ahead and have children.” At his bishop’s pointed suggestion ...

In a rare move, a 165-year-old Catholic church in Alappuzha has appointed a woman as a ‘kaikari’ (female trustee), a role ...

Pastoral theologian Barbara Velik-Frank (pictured) is the first woman in Austria to take up the post of episcopal vicar. The Bishop of Carinthia, Mgr Josef Marketz, appointed her as “Episcopal ...

Barbara Velik-Frank is the first woman to become vicar: from March 1, she will be responsible for the major task of church development in the Gurk-Klagenfurt diocese. Her appointment is a sign of ...

A woman who was shot dead outside a Kent pub on Valentine's Day ... and it is not clear if the gun was legally owned. Rev Tim Edwards, vicar of St Katherine's church in Knockholt, told BBC Radio Kent ...