Irish bishops choose woman to head steering group for synodal pathway
By Michael Kelly – The Irish Catholic bishops have chosen a laywoman to head preparations for a national synod, due to be held in the next five...
Bishops / Church / Synod / Women and the Church
by CNS · Published June 22, 2021 · Last modified June 21, 2021
By Michael Kelly – The Irish Catholic bishops have chosen a laywoman to head preparations for a national synod, due to be held in the next five...
Church / Vatican / Women and the Church
by CNS · Published February 8, 2021 · Last modified February 7, 2021
By Cindy Wooden – Xaviere Missionary Sister Nathalie Becquart will not be the first woman undersecretary of a major Vatican office, but she will be the first...
Church / Mass / Women and the Church
by CNS · Published January 26, 2021 · Last modified January 25, 2021
By Cindy Wooden – More than 40 years ago, then-Archbishop William Borders of Baltimore issued a pastoral letter signalling his intention to ask that the “official ministries”...
Church / Daluxolo Moloantoa / Religious Life / Women and the Church
by Admin · Published December 30, 2020 · Last modified December 23, 2020
Sr Hermenegild Makoro CPS served for 15 years in the general secretariat of the bishops’ conference. The SACBC’s first-ever woman secretary-general will be succeeded in the new...
Charity / Church / Poverty & Social Justice / Women and the Church
by CNS · Published December 3, 2020 · Last modified December 2, 2020
By Kurt Jensen – Dorothy Day’s need to connect with others and keep neglected people front and centre would fit perfectly in the COVID-19 era. The 40th...
Christian Living / Church / Women and the Church
by CNS · Published November 20, 2020 · Last modified November 19, 2020
By Tonny Onyulo – Agnes Muhozi, 43, sat on the ground waiting for her turn to receive oral contraceptive pills for the first time at Soroti Hospital...
Christian Living / Church / Women and the Church
by CNS · Published October 22, 2020 · Last modified October 21, 2020
By Kerry Alys Robinson – The Catholic Church is the largest global humanitarian network with enormous potential, and therefore responsibility, to address human suffering and complex global challenges....
Four years after the Pontifical Council for Culture instituted a Permanent Women’s Consultation Group to bring women’s experiences and voices to the council’s deliberations, Pope Francis noted...
Bible / Christian Living / Church / Women and the Church
by CNS · Published October 8, 2020 · Last modified October 7, 2020
The organisation Walking With Purpose has adapted its signature face-to-face Bible study groups into a virtual study program “that has become a lifeline for women during this...
Christian Living / Church / Parish Life / Women and the Church
by Sue Rakoczy · Published September 14, 2020 · Last modified September 10, 2020
Sister Sue Rakoczy IHM – In your front-page article of August 29, Bishop Victor Phalana of Klerksdorp makes a strong call for women’s leadership in the Church....
Bishops / Church / Women and the Church
by Admin · Published September 2, 2020 · Last modified August 31, 2020
By Agnes Aineah – A bishop has lauded women who assume ministerial roles in the absence of clergy, and urged the local Church to find ways...
Church / Death / Sydney Duval / Women and the Church
by Sydney Duval · Published June 29, 2020 · Last modified August 4, 2020
In the space of a few days, two great women of faith passed away. Sydney Duval, who knew both of them, pays tribute. This month, the Church...
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