Catholics suffer from widespread ignorance of important, historical precedents of both female and lay ecclesial leadership.

Catholic hospitals run 20% of California's maternity wards. Their policies generally prohibit abortion, even in miscarriage, ...

When the all-male College of Cardinals convenes this week to choose the next pope, we know one thing for certain: They will ...

If his early moves are any indication, it seems Pope Leo XIV is intent on securing women’s places and voices of the Catholic ...

Catholic Charities in Des Moines has been helping refugees resettle for 50 years but ended its services, leaving some ...

But because the Catholic Church does not ordain women as priests, according to social elite label makers, it must be sexist! In the 15 years since I entered the church after reading a series of ...

For 15 years, Historic St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Baltimore’s Oliver Street community has recognized the quiet power and perseverance of Black Catholic women whose contributions often ...

The gesture was small but explosive: It signified their belief that women, too, should be allowed into the priesthood. It was April 1981, and the men were students at Catholic Theological Union ...

The clergyman admitted his wrongdoing, and the archdiocese reported the woman’s accusations to the sheriff’s department, ...

Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost presided over one of the most revolutionary reforms of Pope Francis’ ...

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