Thompson said she is the first Roman Catholic Woman Priest in Kansas, but she is one of hundreds of women Catholic priests ...

At a glance, Spirit of Grace church in Beaverton might appear to be just one of many progressive Protestant churches, not unusual in the Pacific Northwest. Its website and featured introduction video ...

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Last fall, I had the incredible privilege of being one of 55 pilgrims to Rome with the organization Discerning Deacons, including people from the United States, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, and Australia.

ROME — 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, ...

After nearly a decade of study, two Vatican commissions, and years of mounting pressure from Catholic women around the world, the Roman Catholic Church has once again declined to open the diaconate to ...

The South Sudanese Church leader went on to describe the three evangelical vows — celibacy, obedience, and simplicity/poverty ...