How can those in authority encourage women to commit to ministry or careers in the Church? Three critical steps come to mind.
Elise Italiano Ureneck: How the church can invest in young women leaders
Toni Morrison, author baptized Catholic as child, dies at age 88
Morrison received the National Humanities Medal in 2000 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.
Survey of women in Bible study shows they have less stress, more patience
Women participating in the Walking with Purpose Bible study program at Catholic parishes around the country reported the courses have had a positive impact on their attitudes, lifestyle and relationship with God.
Women in Amazon take more prominent role in environmental protection
Indigenous participants from South America’s Amazon region attended the Integral Ecology summit at Georgetown University in Washington.
Pope advances sainthood causes for 17 women
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of three women and recognized the martyrdom of 14 religious sisters who were killed during the Spanish Civil War.
Idea of having women deacons ‘about ministry,’ not ‘power,’ says speaker
Ordaining women to the permanent diaconate now, when the church is “crying for ministry,” is a logical way to fulfill its obligation to bring the Gospel to all people, according to panelists at a Jan 15 event at Jesuit-run Fordham University in New York.
Synod already leading to some changes, bishops report
Even on the ninth day of the 25-day-long Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment, two bishops said they already had ideas for things they would want to start in their ministries.
‘No one can replace a mother,’ Chilean inmate tells Pope Francis
Pope Francis has visited other prisons, but this was the first time on his travels as pope that he visited one just for women. He was greeted by women standing with their babies in their arms.