Scandinavia’s top Church leader hopes the role of women in the Church’s mission is a focal point at the upcoming synodal assembly on synodality — and, therefore, that the conversation isn’t bogged ...

Catholic priest candidates prostrate themselves to pray during an ordination ceremony at Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul on Feb ...

Georg Baetzing, Bishop of Limburg and Chairman of the German Bishops' Conference, speaks during a press conference. Arne Dedert/dpa Despite opposition from the Vatican, German Bishop Georg Bätzing ...

The Catholic Church won't be celebrating one Iowa City resident's ordination next month. In fact, neither the Diocese of Davenport nor the Vatican will even acknowledge Mary Kay Kusner's ordination ...

The October 2023 Synod of Bishops should include the voices of women who have discerned a sincere call to the Catholic priesthood, said women's ordination advocate Kate McElwee in a recent guest ...

Now it is formally illegal to ordain a woman as a deacon. Or as a priest. Or as a bishop. On June 1, Pope Francis promulgated revisions to the Code of Canon Law detailing crimes and punishments. The ...

The ordinations of nine women yesterday on a boat in the St. Lawrence River are not valid and cannot be recognized by the Catholic Church, said canon law expert Msgr. Jean Pelletier. The chancellor of ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Anne Tropeano is set to be ordained Saturday as a Catholic priest, then automatically excommunicated from the ...

Oct. 16—Anne Tropeano is set to be ordained Saturday as a Catholic priest, then automatically excommunicated from the Church. Tropeano, a 47-year-old grants manager with the United Way of Central New ...