said Miriam Duignan, the executive director of the Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research in Cambridge, England ... in the church hierarchy. In many places with priest shortages, women ...

“Everybody has their role and we are happy to stay at our place, which is not within the hierarchy of the Church,” she said, asking her surname to be withheld. “It [women as deacons or ...

An Open Letter to the Church of England, in the light of plans for a separate structure ... and a retrospective objection to the Church’s ordination of female priests and bishops. These plans not only ...

The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

Alexa MacPherson's abuse by a Catholic priest began around the age of three ... that allegations be referred up the internal Church hierarchy stops short of mandating referral to the police.

Dozens of religious leaders experienced magic mushrooms in a university study. Many are now evangelists for psychedelics.

“We desperately need a head of the Church of England at this time ... his handling of a historic case of sexual abuse involving priest David Tudor. He said he was “deeply sorry” about ...

According to the Roman Catholic tradition of apostolic succession, Peter was the first pope appointed by Christ. The line of ...

the Catholic priest said. "Pity the poor people ... D.C., and has grown into a conciliatory presence in the Church. The hierarchy's loss was Seattle's gain. As pastor, aided by choral director ...

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

Language and how it’s used shapes not only the way we feel but also how we think, said Viorica Marian, professor of ...