The Church's opening to women initiated by Francis will be one of the challenges the next Pope will face. Hours before the cardinals locked themselves in the conclave that will choose the successor of ...

A group of women released pink smoke in Rome as a protest to call for more equality in the Catholic Church. The demonstration was organized by the Women’s ...

Alcoholism among women is rising. Can the church help? Fifteen years ago, Sherry Hoppen was a mom of three, a ministry leader in her church, and a volunteer at her local pregnancy center when her ...

A crisis confronts the women who have gathered in a hayloft. They are members of an agrarian religious community that shuns the modern world. To their horror, they have discovered that men in their ...

At the third Women of the Church conference for Catholic women leaders, a morning prayer service began with a reading of the Gospel account of Mary of Magdala witnessing the resurrected Jesus outside ...

There is a huge area of neglect and compromise taking place in supposedly Bible-believing "Evangelical" churches, both locally and across the nation. Enculturated (i.e. worldly) pastors and elders, ...

During the Francis papacy, the role of women in the church emerged as a pressing priority, with Catholics across the globe calling for change. The Argentine pontiff listened, breaking some important ...

A professor of New Testament Studies (literature, theology, exegesis, and African biblical hermeneutics), Olubayo Obijole, has stated that women have a lot to offer in church leadership. He made the ...

It's Women's History Month and our "Black Church in Detroit" series examines the role of women in the Black church. We'll talk about their vital contributions to the church as well as the challenges ...

The Church Ladies don’t just play church ladies on TV—they’re church ladies in real life too. For instance, Renice Beavers—she goes by Nicey—is the cochair of the hospitality ministry at her place of ...

Deesha Philyaw is a writer whose debut short story collection, “The Secret Lives of Church Ladies,” was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award. Her works touch on themes of race, sex, gender and ...