There’s a lot to do. Though Pope Francis has been a breath of fresh air for the church overall, he has a blind spot when it comes to women. In 2013 and 2015, he declared that the door to ...

The Southern Baptist Convention decided Tuesday to oust Saddleback Church, the second-largest congregation of the convention, because it has a female pastor.

The global Catholic Church must listen more to the critiques of its younger members and acknowledge that "some things concretely need to change," Pope Francis says in a new teaching document. But ...

Saddleback Church expelled. Women denied ordination. The Southern Baptist Convention thinks it's arresting a slide to liberalism, but it's really on a slippery slope away from Christ's teachings.

With a rising number of churches featuring women pastors being expelled from the Southern Baptist Convention, others fear that they are next on the chopping block. To address the issue, the ...

Mentioning women throughout the world "who are doing so much" for the church, the cardinal said women ... conference, spoke as well about the pope's recent apostolic exhortation ...

NewSpring Church has announced that it's leaving the Southern Baptist Convention over the South Carolina-based megachurch’s support of women serving in pastoral leadership roles.

NPR's Mary Louise talks to professor Beth Allison Barr about the Southern Baptist Convention’s planned vote this week on whether to expel churches where women are pastors.

CNA Staff, Mar 8, 2024 / 05:00 am. On the day before International Women’s Day, Pope Francis addressed participants of the international conference “Women in the Church: Builders of Humanity ...

Saddleback Church, one of the largest churches in the Southern Baptist Convention and home to influential pastor Rick Warren, ordained three women as staff pastors this past weekend, a move that ...

A meeting on the Church in the Amazon region took place in Manaus, Brazil, Aug. 19-22. (Credit: Brazilian Bishops’ Conference.) Listen SÃO PAULO – Five years after the Amazon Synod, members ...