Lisa Amman is a cradle Catholic who attended parish schools through 12th grade and then worked at her St. Paul, Minnesota, church for 15 years. She would likely never have learned about St. Phoebe, ...

Photo courtesy of OSV News. Molly Cahill: Women deacons. They are the subject of a growing debate in the Catholic Church. So much so, that Pope Francis established multiple Vatican commissions to ...

The early church didn’t have coffee shops or projection screens. They met in living rooms and shared whatever they had to offer. Somewhere between then and now, we picked up programs and systems but ...

The publication of Pope Francis' interview with CBS Television anchor Norah O’Donnell has sent shock waves through reform-minded women and men throughout the world. When asked specifically about women ...

I needed female heroes, and I found them in ancient churches. I grew up believing women could do it all. In rural South Dakota, I was surrounded by farm women, who are some of the toughest, most ...

Robyn J. Whitaker does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

A church Instagram post tapped into a long-running seam of discontent among some women, who have chafed at restrictions. By Ruth Graham On Sunday night, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ...

(RNS) — On Saturday (Sept. 3), 56 pilgrims from four countries will gather in Mexico City to celebrate St. Phoebe’s feast day and consider how they might urge the church to reclaim the diaconate for ...