(RNS) — As someone who has studied the way women’s voices have been amplified and silenced in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, especially online, I found it fascinating that ...

But now that's changing. "Men are staying in church," Ruth Graham said at The New York Times, "while the women are leaving at a remarkable clip." Church membership has been dropping in the United ...

Historically, women have been a good deal more likely to go to church than men, but by 2012 the gender gap had narrowed to just six points, its lowest level ever, with 28% of women and 22% of men ...

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the ordination of 11 women as priests in the Episcopal Church, and the milestone is being cited by some commentators as the beginning of the decline of the ...

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Rodriguez, 39, earned a master’s degree in divinity. The Nashville-based author eventually left the church due to its views on women. "We’re like the mules of the church – that’s what it ...

The final Synod assembly document, approved by Pope Francis, said women must be given all the opportunities that church law provides to act as leaders, but left the possibility of ordaining women ...

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 ...

He took important steps to expand opportunities for women in the church and address its patriarchal structure. This was showcased by his inclusion of women in the 2024 synod (a global meeting of ...

The bishops, nuns and laypeople affirmed "there is no reason or impediment that should prevent women from carrying out leadership roles in the church," but the final document ruled out ordaining ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican said Tuesday that its doctrine office will prepare a document on women in leadership roles in the Catholic Church, a new initiative to respond to longstanding ...