When Pope Francis was once asked if a girl could ever grow up to become a deacon or join the clergy of the Catholic Church, he responded with a clear "no."
Nonetheless, conversations about the role of women in the church and their
St. Peter's Basilica hired two women to its team of "sanpietrini," the church's specialized artisans and workers, for the first time since the basilica's maintenance office was established 500 years ago.
The Fabbrica di San Pietro, the office responsible for the upkeep of
At age 33, Hasina Omari has survived familial disapproval of her career choices (becoming Afghanistan's first female fighter pilot), nearly 370 flight hours of night and weekend missions, and expecting a baby while escaping the Taliban's takeover of her home country.
The Senate June 4 held a hearing on the impact of post-Dobbs abortion restrictions, with lawmakers alternately criticizing or defending them with respect to women's health care concerns.
There is little needed to set fire to the world of online Catholics -- and last week's commencement speech from Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker to an audience of Benedictine College graduates seemed to riddle Catholic social media with fractures, as
Father Patrick Briscoe, O.P., writes about recently serving as chaplain at a discernment retreat for young Catholic women in Michigan. Each of these women, who traveled from across the country, asked the same question: “What will be the place of Christ in
The Our Sunday Visitor Editorial board highlights the urgent need to address the significant shift in religious observance trends among Generation Z, particularly the unprecedented departure of young women from the Church, as revealed by a recent survey. This trend, influenced by
Serenity Quesnelle saw six fertility doctors, went through multiple procedures and braved surgery in the hopes of conceiving a child. After four years, one of her doctors felt that nothing more could be done and asked Quesnelle to write down the number