New data from the most comprehensive survey of American Catholic women ever conducted.
Women in the Church
Posted inFaith, Features
How many Catholic women have considered religious vocations?
New data from the most comprehensive survey of American Catholic women ever conducted.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis baptizes 34 babies in Sistine Chapel; says nursing is “language of love”
Many of the parents of the baptized babies are Vatican employees.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Cardinal Tobin: ‘I hope women will continue to speak the truth’
An interview with Cardinal Joseph Tobin on the changing place of women in the church.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Discovering my priesthood as a Catholic woman in Protestant seminary
I stopped running from the ordination question and started wrestling with it.
Posted inFaith, Features
Guadalupe’s Legacy: How a 486-year-old vision of Mary in Mexico continues to influence the church
My grandmother embodied a distinctly Guadalupan presence: prayerful, patient, joyful and strong. Whether nurturing a child, a friendship or a garden, she knew how to help things grow.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
The United States needs to recognize women’s genius and hard work
The contributions of women—too often overlooked—speak to what Pope Francis has called the particular “genius of women.”
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis appoints two laywomen to key positions in Roman Curia
The appointments are further evidence of Pope Francis’ determination to assign important positions in the Roman Curia to women.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
The convent film “Novitiate” has moments of beauty but gets lost in cliché
Set in the early ’60s, “Novitiate” is yet another tale of the trauma suffered by the religious and their orders in the wake of the Second Vatican Council.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The life of Catholic foundress Cornelia Connelly was ruled by men. Was her obedience to them holy?
To reflect upon Cornelia’s life today is inevitably to lament it.