Toussaint Kafarhire Murhula, S.J., a priest in the Democratic Republic of Congo, describes the joy of Congolese people at the pope’s visit and his hopes for what the pope’s journey might bring.
Women in the Church
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Cardinal McElroy on ‘radical inclusion’ for L.G.B.T. people, women and others in the Catholic Church
We must examine the contradictions in a church of inclusion and shared belonging that have been identified by the voices of the people of God in our nation and discern in synodality a pathway for moving beyond them.
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Sister André, a French nun and oldest known person in world, dies at age 118
Sister André, a Catholic convert raised in a Protestant family, was born Lucile Randon Feb. 11, 1904. She lived through the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic and through 10 pontificates.
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Podcast: Did St. Paul really expect women to be submissive to men?
In this episode of “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Gloria digs into the sticky “household codes” that St. Paul outlines in the New Testament with historian Beth Allison Barr.
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Catholic and pro-life groups condemn FDA decision to allow pharmacies to dispense abortion drugs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will allow retail pharmacies to offer abortion pills in the United States for the first time, prompting criticism from Catholic and pro-life groups.
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‘The call to priesthood comes from God, not from one’s body parts’: Reactions to Pope Francis’ comments on women’s ordination
A number of responses to Pope Francis’ interview with five representatives of America Media on Nov. 22, 2022 centered on the question of women’s ordination and women’s roles in the church. Here are five responses.
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Podcast: America magazine asked Pope Francis about women’s ordination. Here’s what he said.
This week on “Jesuitical,” we’re talking to Kerry Weber about what it was like to be a woman asking PopeFrancis about women’s ordination, a question considered by many to be off the table, within the walls of the Vatican.
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Exclusive: Pope Francis discusses Ukraine, U.S. bishops and more
Pope Francis sits down with America for an exclusive interview on polarization, racism, Ukraine, Vatican-China relations and church teaching on the ordination of women.
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I’m a transgender woman. Here’s what I want the Catholic Church to know about my life.
I just know that “I am,” that God made me this way, and that God made me this way for a reason.
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Catholic and New York leaders celebrate commissioning of the Dorothy Day Staten Island ferry boat
Martha Hennessy, granddaughter of Dorothy Day, said her grandmother “loved the Staten Island Ferry, so what an honor to have one named after her.”