Scandinavia’s top Church leader hopes the role of women in the Church’s mission is a focal point at the upcoming synodal assembly on synodality — and, therefore, that the conversation isn’t bogged ...

Bishop David Waller received his episcopal ordination in Westminster Cathedral in London on June 22, the feast day of the English saints John Fisher and Thomas More. Bishop David Waller is the first ...

Fifteen priests serving in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington marked milestone anniversaries of their priestly ...

A hopeless believer in dialogue, I regularly send messages to the Vatican and bishops to inform them of what the Women's Ordination Conference is up to. These messages are almost always met with ...

The first week of the Synod on Synodality session is in the books, and if you’ve been following the media’s account of things, you’d be forgiven for thinking the event is primarily focused on ...

Shortly after Pope Francis opposed the possibility of an ordained female diaconate, two German-speaking cardinals publicly have said that only men can be ordained to the priesthood. “Women cannot be ...

The only difference between Father Anne and other Roman Catholic priests is that she is female. So says Father Anne, the name she goes by. And because of her unsanctioned ordination under the church’s ...

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) - In an emotional ceremony filled with tears and applause, a 70-year-old Kentucky woman was ordained a priest on Saturday as part of a dissident group operating outside ...

The two were ordained under the Roman Catholic Womenpriests-USA organization on Saturday. The Vatican does not recognize the group, but the organization says it is valid because women are ordained by ...

WINONA, Minn. - A banner on one side of the makeshift sanctuary said: "Here we are!" On the other side, a matching banner: "We are ready!" And Winona resident Kathy Redig was ready Sunday afternoon ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 17 -- A woman who played a prominent role at the altar in a Roman Catholic congregation that was banished in 1999 for violating Vatican rules was ordained as a priest today by an ...