Dr. Gregory Popcak addresses the unique layer of spiritual guilt that Catholic mothers often experience when struggling with ...

(RNS) — Two women now head major Vatican offices, and a third will soon. But the altar rail tells another story about their progress in the church.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has decided to give women the right to vote at an upcoming meeting of bishops, an historic reform that reflects his hopes to give women greater decision-making ...

As Lent began on Ash Wednesday (March 5), Catholic women frustrated over being disenfranchised by the church despite promises of greater recognition are going on strike, withholding numerous services ...

When the Vatican rejected a bid to allow women to preach at mass, I felt again the toll of being dismissed by the church I ...

A recent study highlights that when women are coerced or pressured into abortion, they are at high risk for negative outcomes ...

Until recently, the young women at the forefront of conservative politics were largely evangelical Protestants. They looked like the kind of young women you might see showing their OOTDs on RushTok, ...

From March 8–14, religious sisters are celebrated during the annual Catholic Sisters Week. Pope Leo XIV greets a woman religious during an audience with members of the Sisters of the Order of St.

"I seek to create a refuge for Catholic women who are on the margins and don't feel like there's a place for them." Typically shying away from online conflict, Cora (not her real name) had approached ...

Recently, two alarming studies have surfaced showing just how uneducated Catholics are about key issues, particularly the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist and the immorality of abortion. As ...

Is the church being called to receive women into the permanent order of deacons? Are women being called by God to serve as deacons in the church? And what role do Sunday Mass-goers, lapsed Catholics ...

(RNS) — The Synod on Synodality disappointed many women’s hopes that it would recognize women’s essential role in the church. A women’s strike, they hope, will make their point. (RNS) — As Lent began ...