Before Lawrence Rodgers became pastor of Second Baptist Church of Detroit, he studied the church's proud history. That ...

The Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit and Vicinity, Inc. announced Pastor Orville K. Littlejohn as its president-elect, effective Jan. 1, 2026. Littlejohn will succeed Pastor Richard White III, ...

Groups like the Center for Baptist Leadership and Founders Ministries, which work to counter what they perceive as leftward ...

A half-century ago, Sister Evelyn Lamoureux applied to become a deacon in the Roman Catholic Church. She met all the requirements except one: she wasn’t a man. Today, she is still waiting to become a ...

Perhaps someday, the Catholic Church will allow women to serve as deacons. But that time, a Vatican commission has decided, is not now. “In light of Sacred Scripture, Tradition, and ecclesiastical ...

Faiths Vatican report says church teaching bars women deacons, but stops short of final ruling (RNS) — A Vatican-appointed commission says current church teaching does not allow women to be ordained ...

ROME (AP) — A second Vatican study commission has determined that women should not be ordained as deacons, dealing another setback to Catholic women who hope one day to be able to preside at weddings, ...

But a papal commission examining the question said further study was required, and advised that women should be given other leadership roles in the Catholic Church. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting ...

(RNS) — The opinion by the head of a commission charged with considering the question in effect states that the Catholic Church officially views women as 'other.' (RNS) — The Vatican has issued, ...

Panel of men and women debated appointment of women deacons Question has lingered for the past decade Deacons can baptize, witness marriages, but can't celebrate Mass Church reform groups criticize ...

A former South Florida Catholic school deacon and teacher pleaded guilty Wednesday to molesting four young students, including an 8-year-old girl, and was then released from custody after accepting a ...

If you grew up in the 20th century, it may seem like we can’t already be having centennial celebrations for events from the 1920s. When I first started writing this column in 1992, it wasn’t unusual ...