Silver Cross Catholic Store sells an array of authentically Catholic religious materials like rosaries, Miraculous Medals, ...

Is the exclusion of women from the sacrament of Holy Orders not a perennial part of the Catholic tradition? What could be more traditional than a pope shutting the door on the question of ...

WORCESTER — With the number of priests shrinking, enterprising young women are finding themselves playing a bigger role in the Catholic Church ... College of the Holy Cross.

ROME — Debate was leaning away from allowing women to take on ordained roles in the Catholic Church as the second phase of Pope Francis’ reform project opened Wednesday with an agenda topped ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Pope Francis has ruled out ordaining women as priests and has refused so far to budge on demands to allow women to serve as deacons, who perform many of the same tasks as priests.

Pope Francis' burdensome trip through Belgium reached new lows Saturday when defiant Catholic university women demanded to his face a "paradigm change" on women's issues in the church and then ...

During a Sept. 27 visit to one of the Catholic Church's most storied universities, Pope Francis heard pleas for the church to reconsider its stance against the ordination of women, become more ...

Across the United States, the issue of women clergy is currently a focal point in several Christians denominations, including the Catholic Church, where women are not allowed to be ordained.

BRUSSELS (AP) — Pope Francis’ burdensome trip through Belgium reached new lows on Saturday when defiant Catholic university women demanded to his face a “paradigm change” on women’s ...

Catholic Reform Debate Launched by Pope Francis Leans Away From Ordained Roles for Women ROME (AP) — Debate was leaning away from allowing women to take on ordained roles in the Catholic Church ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Pope Francis’ burdensome trip through Belgium reached new lows on Saturday when defiant Catholic university women demanded to his face a “paradigm change” on women’s ...