the Roman Curia and the Catholic Church, more broadly, remain a heavily male-dominated structure. One cannot ignore the frustrations of those who expected even more progress. Women are still far ...

For some, a secular state is the foundation of an open society, which allows both faith and blasphemy. For others, secularism ...

Pope Francis will install Franciscan nun Raffaella Petrini as head of the General Secretariat of the Government ...

The absence of women in any capacity has characterised the Catholic Church from its inception. Pope Francis seeks to portray ...

10.45pm: So, the wait goes on for England. After arriving with high hopes, they have now lost four on the spin - although Australia won't be satisfied until the Ashes are won outright, having been ...

sparking a wave of women abandoning the purdah (veil). Women stepped out in long coats and hats, and by the 1970s, they were wearing skirts and working shoulder-to-shoulder with men in various ...

Today, the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, announced up to $40 million for 170 women’s and Indigenous women’s organizations. Women in Canada continue to face ...

A bill to prevent biological males from competing in women’s and girls’ sports passed ... Tyler Arnold is a staff reporter for Catholic News Agency, based in EWTN News’ Washington Bureau.

A conflagration of almost biblical proportions has killed at least two dozen people, destroyed thousands of homes and numerous churches and schools but has also inspired a groundswell of Catholic ...

In a beautifully bound book that invites readers to better know the writing of Catholic women, editor Haley Stewart notes the “sacramental view” informing the work of the novelists included in ...

The hijab for Muslim women and girls is a religious prescription in the Qur ... until recently, brides used to wear veils for their wedding. The public security argument also doesn’t hold water, as ...