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(RNS) — A report of a study group on women deacons is expected as soon as June, putting the spotlight on the issue of women’s roles in the church once more.

Pope Leo’s Classmates Drew Ire of Church With Protest for Women “It was the most electric thing I have ever experienced inside the walls of a Catholic church,” one protester recalls.

Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost presided over one of the most revolutionary reforms of Pope Francis' pontificate by having women serve on the Vatican board that vets ...

Despite historic gains under Pope Francis, women remain excluded from the Catholic Church's highest levels of decision-making.

Those who've been advocating for women deacons in the Catholic Church are taking stock of the possibility under the papacy of Pope Leo XIV.

(RNS) — Anyone looking for a quick answer from Leo XIV — a canon lawyer, bishop, Vatican department head and White Sox fan — will have to wait.

Equality for women Leo has been firm in his stance against the ordainment of women, falling in line with Francis’ opinion.

In recent decades, Popes Paul VI and John Paul II both promulgated solemn decrees reaffirming the church’s age old, unbroken teaching that women cannot be ordained to the priesthood. In ...

Pope Leo XIV is seen as a centrist who shares his predecessor's progressive views on certain social issues. Here's what we know so far.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Like unpaid bills arriving for the inheritor of a house, reports will soon arrive on Pope Leo XIV’s desk offering possible steps to take on some of the most hot-button ...

Those who’ve worked with Pope Leo XIV are optimistic he’ll elevate women’s roles — with limits Catholic women do much of the church’s work in schools and hospitals and are usually ...