“I see no desire on the part of the Vatican to seriously address the issue of women in church offices,” said Regina Franken, European chair of the Catholic Women’s Council, in remarks to KNA.

Participants in this month’s Synod of Bishops on Synodality have condemned what they said is an overly western agenda obsessed with “niche issues” that takes attention away from other important key...

On the first day of the final session of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality, the study group responsible for evaluating the female diaconate has said that it is a form of Holy Orders, and therefore...