After more than five decades of looking at survey research, I am rarely surprised by the results when I look at a new poll. The recent Pew Research Center survey of Latin American Catholics, however, ...

"We're here with a very clear message for the Vatican, 'Don't kick the can down the road on women's ministries'". :: Pope Francis was hosting the Synod nearby, which has postponed action on the topic ...

On a barge on Rome's River Tiber, a stone's throw from the Vatican, Loan Rocher was "ordained" in a secret ceremony in defiance of the Catholic Church's ban on women deacons and priests. Dressed in a ...

A second Vatican study commission has determined that women should not be ordained as deacons, dealing another setback to Catholic women who hope one day to be able to preside at weddings, baptisms ...

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Wednesday the Catholic Church could have female priests in her grandchildren's lifetime. "Maybe my grandkids'," Pelosi told Politico’s Jonathan ...

Married priests, women deacons and possible future popes were among the most read topics in articles written by National Catholic Reporter columnists and opinion writers in 2024. NCR's most read ...

Six women were ordained in a secret ceremony on a river barge in Rome this month - Copyright AFP/File Mohammed ABED Six women were ordained in a secret ceremony on a ...