She has been named the first female Archbishop of Canterbury in the church’s nearly 500-year history. Here's what to know.

1968 - The Lambeth Conference, the meeting of all Anglican church leaders once every 10 years, recommended that women be involved as much as possible in worship at services pending resolution of the ...

LONDON, Jan. 8 -- George Carey, the archbishop of Canterbury, who struggled successfully to hold the official Church of England together after the first female priests were ordained in 1994, said ...

The speaker was Cardinal Walter Kasper, the Vatican's top official on relations with non-Catholic Christians, addressing a private session with the Church of England's bishops and certain women ...

Mullally’s appointment comes on the heels of a period of crisis in the church. The former archbishop of Canterbury, Justin ...

Three decades after the first ordinations of women to the Anglican priesthood, women are still struggling to reach leadership — and now the congregation is changing too. The Reverend Lynda McMinn has ...

Members of Pope Francis’s Council of Cardinals meet on Feb. 5, 2024 alongside Sister Linda Pocher, Consecrated Virgin Giuliva Di Berardino, and Anglican Reverend Jo Bailey Wells. (Credit: Vatican ...

Gafcon and African church leaders condemn Sarah Mullally’s selection, saying it undermines biblical authority and deepens ...

A woman who fled to Britain from Iran at the age of 13 is one of at least two female bishops shortlisted to be the new ...

The Rev. Henrietta Rivers can name the handful of male pastors who helped shape her approach to ministry. But perhaps the most influential person to impact her life's journey was a woman — N.C.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is “very much in favor” of a female diaconate and is looking to extend to all the baptized “some rights” that until recently belonged only to bishops, priests and religious ...