In the first week of February, the Vatican department that oversees Catholic Church doctrine accepted written testimonies ...

Ever wondered why you have never seen a female priest in a Catholic church? It is because they are literally not allowed to become one.

St. Pope John Paul II wrote in 1994,”I declare that the Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women and that this judgment is to be definitively held by all the Church’s ...

1911: St. Joan's Alliance founded, works for women's suffrage and women's ordination. 1974: Eleven women ordained Episcopal priests. 1975: First Women's Ordination gathering in Detroit ...

Others see the female diaconate as a break ... Are they supposed to be deacons or to be priests?” she said. Deaconess Angelic’s ordination should also be understood in the African context ...

an initiative that has now secured widespread commitments to improving the experience of Baptist women ministers A SENIOR Vatican official has ruled out the ordination of female deacons, as ...