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Lost in translation? 7 reasons some women wince when Pope Francis starts talking
By David Gibson — December 10, 2014
(RNS) When he speaks about women, Francis can sound a lot like the (almost) 78-year-old Argentine churchman that he is, using analogies that sound alternately condescending and impolitic.
Richard Dawkins stands by remarks on sexism, pedophilia, Down syndrome
By Kimberly Winston — November 18, 2014
ATHERTON, Calif. (RNS) Recent criticism of Dawkins has come from women, many of them within the atheist movement, which has long drawn more men than women to its ranks.
Mormons change rules to allow moms, divorced women to teach religion
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — November 17, 2014
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) “This change makes it possible for families to decide what best meets their needs as it relates to mothers working while raising children,” the Utah-based faith announced in a memo regarding hiring policies.
Is California forcing churches to pay for abortions?
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — October 24, 2014
(RNS) Seven churches in California received notifications from their insurers that elective surgical abortion coverage would be required as part of their employee health plans.
In evangelical nonprofits, women leaders lag behind peers in general market
By Adelle M. Banks — October 22, 2014
(RNS) A new study confirms what many have long suspected -- that many evangelical institutions lag far behind the general marketplace in leadership roles for women.
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.
COMMENTARY: What power madness has done to women — and men
By Tom Ehrich — June 10, 2014
(RNS) In the aftermath of the Santa Barbara shooting and the disturbing misogynistic testimonial left by the shooter, many women are demanding an end to "white male entitlement" and to physical abuse.
Jimmy Carter 3.0: Building a post-presidential legacy
By Adelle M. Banks — May 28, 2014
(RNS) No longer just a former president, he’s Jimmy Carter 3.0: The globe-trotting, Sunday school-teaching, house-building elder statesman is living out his faith through humanitarian causes -- seeking to conquer the abuse of women and eradicate global disease.
When Pope Francis washes women’s feet, arguments follow. Who’s right?
By David Gibson — April 15, 2014
(RNS) Pope Francis will spend Holy Thursday washing the feet of disabled people, some of them women and some perhaps non-Catholics. That upsets traditionalists, who say the rite should be restricted to men only. So who's right?
Mormon women seeking priesthood to be shut out of Temple Square
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — March 18, 2014
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) The Mormon Church rebuffed Ordain Women’s second push for entrance to the priesthood session and urged the grass-roots group to “demonstrate” instead outside Temple Square.
Women photographers shatter Middle Eastern stereotypes
By Omar Sacirbey — January 7, 2014
BOSTON (RNS) “She Who Tells a Story,” a photo exhibit now showing at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, features the work of 12 women from Muslim countries who shatter stereotypes with works that are provocative, beautiful, mysterious, and surprising, all at the same time.
Vatican defends Pope Francis’ washing of women’s feet
By Alessandro Speciale — March 29, 2013
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican dismissed criticism of Pope Francis' decision to wash the feet of two women during a Maundy Thursday Mass at a Rome youth prison.
Article on ‘Jesus’ Wife’ papyrus delayed for more testing
By David Gibson — January 4, 2013
(RNS) The Harvard Theological Review is postponing publication of a major article on the papyrus fragment in which Jesus seems to refer to his wife, raising further doubts about a discovery that was set to turn Christian history on its head when it was announced last September. By David Gibson.
Adventists call actions to allow women’s ordinations “mistakes”
By Adelle M. Banks — October 18, 2012
(RNS) Leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church overwhelmingly passed a statement Tuesday (Oct. 16) calling decisions by two of its U.S. regional groups to approve ordination of women pastors “serious mistakes.” By Adelle M. Banks.