This comes after the Vatican released a new Vatican Synod document, which still does not allow women to be priests.

When families come to the Church asking for a quinceañera Mass, Annette Bergeon, CEO of Endow, said she hopes that parishes ...

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It was a day to celebrate the joys of womanhood through prayer and friendship at the 9 th annual Catholic Women’s Conference, hosted by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Office for the New ...

The church secretary (who is also the director of religious education) asked a woman who volunteers in the parish office to assist. She in turn asked her friends to bring the refreshments. Dottie ...

The synod concluded without movement on the question of women deacons, but kept the issue open. That was frustrating to advocates but also has helped some remain hopeful.

The 34-foot white cross towered over the main altar during the saintly pope’s 1979 visit to Philadelphia and later over St.

VATICAN CITY — A Vatican assembly on the future of the Catholic Church on Saturday said that more should be done to help women overcome “obstacles” to taking leadership roles within the Church.

Pope Francis' yearslong process to reform the Catholic Church closed Saturday with recommendations that fell short of giving women more equity as hoped but reflected the pope's aims for a church ...

is “a systematic rejection of women’s gifts.” Dowhan noted that Catholic churches in Winnipeg have to call men from other countries due to a shortage of Canadian men who want to go into the ...

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