Catholics suffer from widespread ignorance of important, historical precedents of both female and lay ecclesial leadership.

It was the most electric thing I have ever experienced inside the walls of a Catholic church,” one protester recalls.

Rome, Italy – When Pope Francis was elected in 2013, he faced loud calls to expand the role of women within the Roman Catholic Church. To some extent, he delivered. Francis opened key meetings ...

During the Francis papacy, the role of women in the church emerged as a pressing priority, with Catholics across the globe calling for change.

If his early moves are any indication, it seems Pope Leo XIV is intent on securing women’s places and voices of the Catholic ...

Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost presided over one of the most revolutionary reforms of Pope Francis’ ...

In Ireland, a new study says attitudes towards the Church are “deeply divided” in the once deeply Catholic country.

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...

For 15 years, Historic St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Baltimore’s Oliver Street community has recognized the quiet power and perseverance of Black Catholic women whose contributions often ...