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

“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 ...

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 ...