The general congregations have outlined a set of pressing issues including sexual doctrine, shared governance, and the Church ...

A couple miles from the ongoing conclave, sisters in leadership gather at the International Union of Superiors General ...

The Church's opening to women initiated by Francis will be one of the challenges the next Pope will face. Hours before the ...

Pope Francis appointed women to key Vatican posts. Will his successor consider women as deacons and priests next?

Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, who was pro-prefect of the dicastery that assists religious orders, was the main celebrant ...

"His pontificate was a light for all of us," said Sister Mary T. Barron, superior of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles ...

After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel, the ballots of the cardinals are burned in a special furnace to ...

Yes, Pope Francis did appoint some women to high positions in the Vatican Dicasteries and governing bodies.  But did ...

He appointed a woman, Sister Simona Brambilla, to run the Dicastery, which oversees all the church’s religious orders. Brambilla is the first woman to ever hold an office at the Vatican or within the ...

Last March 8, on the International Day of Women, he demonstrated his respect for women by making key appointments in the Vatican, including Sister Simona Brambilla as the first female prefect of a ...