The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released new styles for the garment of the holy priesthood for hot and humid climates.

The discernment about women's participation in the church, particularly the discernment about restoring women to the diaconate, challenges even Pope Francis to follow the synodal process of ...

He was taken to task in particular for the Catholic Church’s record on women, on abuse and on LGBTQ issues. King Philippe of Belgium told him it had taken the Church “far too long” to ...

Pope Francis has opened the second phase of his big Catholic reform project, with widespread calls for women to take up more positions of responsibility in the church topping the agenda – but ...

WORCESTER — With the number of priests shrinking, enterprising young women are finding themselves playing a bigger role in the Catholic Church. Data from the Center for Applied Research in the ...

Gateway Church has responded to a lawsuit against it in new documents filed Friday, requesting a trial by jury and denying all of the suit’s allegations. In August, the Southlake megachurch was ...

9:38 p.m. Oct. 5, 2024: Updated to include details from Saturday's service. Former members of Gateway Church accused the megachurch and its former leaders in a lawsuit filed Friday of failing to ...

[AFP] Pope Francis was challenged by Belgian students Saturday about women's place in the Catholic Church, after paying tribute to a former sovereign who took a public stance against abortion.

The shares saying this range from 86% in Argentina to 63% in Brazil. In most of the countries surveyed, majorities of Catholics also say the church should allow women to become priests. Opinion is ...

When asked by CBS journalist Norah O’Donnell if women will ever have “the opportunity to be a deacon and participate as a clergy member in the Church?”, the pope said, “No.” “If it is ...

Savannah Bishop Stephen Parkes highlighted the damage done by abortion and urged abortion-minded women to “go to any Catholic church” for help. “I am very disappointed in the ruling.