Catholics suffer from widespread ignorance of important, historical precedents of both female and lay ecclesial leadership.

It was the most electric thing I have ever experienced inside the walls of a Catholic church,” one protester recalls.

If his early moves are any indication, it seems Pope Leo XIV is intent on securing women’s places and voices of the Catholic ...

Rome, Italy – When Pope Francis was elected in 2013, he faced loud calls to expand the role of women within the Roman Catholic Church. To some extent, he delivered. Francis opened key meetings ...

Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost presided over one of the most revolutionary reforms of Pope Francis’ ...

With the conclave to select a new Pope beginning on May 7, a lot of people are wondering in what direction a new pope will take the Catholic Church.

In Ireland, a new study says attitudes towards the Church are “deeply divided” in the once deeply Catholic country.

Despite historic gains under Pope Francis, women remain excluded from the Catholic Church's highest levels of decision-making.

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...