ordination of women

Lutheran World Federation head Anne Burghardt on historic firsts and helping Ukraine

By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 6, 2023
CHICAGO (RNS) — The secretary general spoke to Religion News Service while in Chicago last week visiting the headquarters of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the largest Lutheran denomination in the country and a member of the Lutheran World Federation.

Does the pope need an editor?

By Thomas Reese — December 6, 2022
(RNS) — The pope’s recent interview in America magazine comes across as a first draft in need of editing.

Pope Francis opens a small but significant door for women in the Church

By Claire Giangravé — January 11, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The pope made clear, however, that the change is not a step toward women's ordination.

New book by Pope Francis points to continuity with John Paul II

By Claire Giangravé — February 11, 2020
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Among the topics discussed in the text are some of the thorniest issues facing the Catholic Church at this moment.

Kate Kelly, Mormon women’s group founder, excommunicated from church

By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — June 23, 2014
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) A panel of judges has moved to excommunicate Kate Kelly, a founder of the group Ordain Women, on charges of apostasy.
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