Women from religious movements fighting for the ordination of women in Roman Catholic Church attend a protest rally, in via della Conciliazione, Rome, in Italian territory near the border with the ...

The synod concluded without movement on the question of women deacons, but kept the issue open. That was frustrating to advocates but also has helped some remain hopeful.

Newly ordained and addressing 3,000 people in the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, Auxiliary Bishop Kevin T. Kenney said he was grateful for the love and support he has received from so many over ...

Cardinal Walter Kasper, a respected German theologian and a longtime conservative voice at the Vatican, told a German church ...

Bishop Kevin Kenney poses for a selfie with a member of the Latino community before his ordination Mass Oct. 28 at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul. DAVE HRBACEK | THE CATHOLIC SPIRIT Family, ...

“However, women continue to encounter obstacles in ... themes as varied as attitudes towards LGBTQ people, polygamy, the ordination of married men and the fight against the sexual abuse of ...

VATICAN CITY, Oct 27 — A major Vatican summit of global Catholic leaders ended yesterday with a call for women to be granted more leadership roles in the Church but stopped short of calling for women ...

told the extraordinary assembly of 368 bishops and laypeople -- including women -- that Francis had said the moment "is not ripe" for allowing ordination of women as deacons. He did not respond ...

Furthermore, Catholic teaching bars women from ordination to the priesthood, a decision that Francis has maintained, although he has allowed studies of female deacons. During previous papacies the ...

Unlike many other Christian confessions, the Catholic church remains strongly opposed to the ordination of women. Over the last weeks, feminist associations, have been working on various ...

told the extraordinary assembly of 368 bishops and laypeople—including women—that Francis had said the moment “is not ripe” for allowing ordination of women as deacons. He did not respond ...

The Catholic Church announced on Saturday that the issue of ordaining women as deacons remains "open" following a global summit on the future of the Church at the Vatican. The final 51-page document, ...