Portrait of a Woman with a Winged Bonnet, by Rogier van der Weyden (Wikimedia Commons)

Faith, Faith in Focus

A re-appreciation of Julian of Norwich’s ‘gospel of love’

by Veronica Mary Rolf May 11, 2017

‘Shewings’ is the first book ever written by a woman in the English language.

Faith, Features

The church doesn’t talk enough about postpartum depression. These Catholic women are changing that.

by Kerry Weber May 5, 2017

For Catholic women experiencing postpartum depression and anxiety, faith and faith communities can be a lifeline—but also a potential source of guilt, shame or frustration.

Editorials, Politics & Society

Pro-life goals need to be more ambitious than opposing abortion

by The Editors May 4, 2017

As necessary as opposition to abortion and funding for it are, they are not sufficient pro-life goals, especially when achieving them eliminates support for other programs that support maternal health.

Sister Simone Campbell in Philadelphia in June 2016 (CNS photo/Sarah Webb, CatholicPhilly.com).

Faith, Vatican Dispatch

Sister Simone Campbell: Women can bring about a “contemplative renewal” in the church

by Gerard O’Connell March 14, 2017

Sister Simone participated in the Voices of Faith conference in the Vatican on International Women’s Day, March 8.

Jesuitical, Politics & Society

A woman’s place is in the…Vatican? Ep: 3

by Ashley McKinless March 10, 2017

One year ago, on International Women’s Day, Nicole Perone had the opportunity to speak at the Vatican before hundreds of activists and Catholic leaders about the importance of giving young Catholics and women real leadership in the church. This year, she had the opportunity to tell jesuitical all about it…. Upgrade? And in Signs of the […]

Kerry Alys Robinson and Sister Simone Campbell, a Sister of Social Service, speak during the Voices of Faith gathering March 8 at the Vatican. The event, held on International Women's Day, had the theme "Stirring the Waters-Making the Impossible Possible." (CNS photo/Massimiliano Migliorato, Catholic Press Photo)

Faith, Vatican Dispatch

Women’s voices in the church rise up in Rome

by Gerard O’Connell March 9, 2017

The Vatican’s celebration of International Women’s Day focused on ways women can work for peace through nonviolence.

Faith, Faith in Focus

Here’s what the Vatican is doing for International Women’s Day

by Nicole Perone March 8, 2017

“Voices of Faith” might be the most extraordinary event you’ve never heard of.

Sister Lucia dos Santos, one of the three children who saw Our Lady of Fatima in 1917, is pictured here in a 2000 photo. (CNS photo/Paulo Carrico, EPA)

Faith, News

Local phase of Fatima visionary’s sainthood cause completed

by Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service February 14, 2017

Father Romano Gambalunga said that while “Lucia is already a saint in the eyes” of many people, “the prudent path of the church is that she is proposed to all, not just those who believe.”