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Princeton seminary taking some heat for honoring Redeemer’s Tim Keller
By David Gibson — March 21, 2017
(RNS) The Manhattan pastor is popular — but his Presbyterian denomination does not ordain women or gays, and his traditionalism has some criticizing the more liberal Princeton Theological Seminary for giving Keller an award.
Orthodox Church debate over women deacons moves one step closer to reality
By Catherine Clark — March 9, 2017
(RNS) The Patriarch of Alexandria, who presides over the entire Orthodox Church in Africa, reintroduced women deacons last month. Will other Orthodox churches follow his lead?
Will the Catholic Church have women deacons?
By guest — August 4, 2016
(RNS) Unlike the issue of the priesthood, there is no long list of papal encyclicals and church councils that would prohibit the ordaining of women deacons.
American on women deacons panel: ‘I feel like I’ve won the Academy Award’
By David Gibson — August 3, 2016
(RNS) Phyllis Zagano, a scholar at Hofstra University, is the only American woman named to the Vatican panel that will study whether women can be ordained as deacons.
Pope Francis names panel to study ordaining women deacons
By Josephine McKenna — August 2, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The move follows through on a pledge he made to a group of nuns in May, and it reignites the heated debate on what roles Catholic women can fill in the church.
Pope Francis: Let’s study idea of ordaining women as deacons
By David Gibson — May 12, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) "It would do good for the church to clarify this point," the pontiff told nuns who asked whether a historic breakthrough on ordaining women was possible.
In Washington state, a Tibetan Buddhist nun blazes a trail for other women to follow
By Tracy Simmons — January 27, 2015
NEWPORT, Wash. (RNS) A Tibetan Buddhist nun has quietly founded one of the only U.S. monasteries where women -- and soon men -- can become fully ordained. Since its founding in 2003, 10 nuns have been ordained there.
Seventh-day Adventists to decide in 2015 on women’s ordination
By Adelle M. Banks — October 15, 2014
(RNS) The 243-44 vote marks the next step in a decades-long consideration of an issue that has divided the worldwide denomination, which time and again has voted to not permit women’s ordination.
Forget priesthood — moderate Mormon feminists seek a middle way
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — August 25, 2014
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Some Mormon women in the U.S. and abroad have embraced a careful approach short of ordination.
Do new ordinations signal rising popularity of Latin Mass?
By Lilly Fowler — August 6, 2014
(RNS) Decades after the Catholic Church moved away from celebrating Mass in Latin, a throwback movement is growing, in many cases with young people leading the charge.
Conservative United Methodists say divide over sexuality is ‘irreconcilable’
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — May 23, 2014
(RNS) Ten years after rejecting an “amicable separation” as premature, conservatives within the United Methodist Church now say a divorce is inevitable.
Mountain States Mennonites take step toward gay ordination
By Elizabeth E. Evans — February 3, 2014
(RNS) On Sunday (Feb. 2), a Denver congregation of Mennonites licensed the first lesbian in a committed same-sex relationship, the first step toward ordination.
Despite censures, Womenpriests movement grows
By Megan O'Neil — March 29, 2013
(RNS) If heading a religious community is a lonely job for any woman, a Catholic Womenpriest might be the loneliest of all.
Seventh-day Adventists facing pressure on allowing female clergy
By Adelle M. Banks — August 30, 2012
(RNS) Two U.S. regional groups of the Seventh-day Adventist Church have recently approved the ordination of women pastors, moving ahead of the worldwide church that has begun a study of the issue. By Adelle M. Banks.
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