You have heard it said, “Who run the world? Girls” (Bey 4:12). But we ask: Who runs the church? Popes, of course. But across the country there are dedicated women of faith taking the lead in parishes, schools, social ministries—and magazines. Our guest this week is one of them. Kerry Weber is an executive editor at […]
Women in the Church
Posted inPolitics & Society
The political persuasions of Catholic women
On January 17, we speak to Megan Sweas about her recent article in America, “For Catholic women, the relationship between faith and politics is subtle—and sometimes in conflict.” We also discuss these articles: Proud to be Catholic? A groundbreaking America survey asks women about their lives in the church What Catholic women believe about Mass attendance, confession and […]
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Proud to be Catholic? A groundbreaking America survey asks women about their lives in the church
Catholic women may be part of a Democratic voting wave in 2018. They are ready to welcome women deacons.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
A Crisis of Catholic Women?
All the women who responded to this survey still identify themselves as Catholic, however far they may have strayed from a consistent practice of the faith they were raised in.
Posted inFaith, Of Many Things
No one had ever done a comprehensive survey of Catholic women. So we did.
This issue of America presents the findings of the most comprehensive survey of U.S. Catholic women ever conducted.
Posted inMagazine, Your Take
What unique contributions do women religious offer the church?
America spoke to a number of young women religious about the vital contributions they and their fellow sisters make to the Catholic Church.
Posted inFaith, Features
The humble, indispensable women leading the Catholic Church you’ve (probably) never heard of
The church may benefit from a more deliberate effort to reach out to Catholic women.
Posted inFaith, Features
What Catholic women believe about Mass attendance, confession and God’s existence
New data from the most comprehensive survey of American Catholic women ever conducted.
Posted inFaith, Features
The Prayer Lives of Catholic Women
New data from the most comprehensive survey of American Catholic women ever conducted.