The Church's opening to women initiated by Francis will be one of the challenges the next Pope will face. Hours before the cardinals locked themselves in the conclave that will choose the successor of ...

After dinner, we moved to the sanctuary. We sang “Onward, Christian Soldiers,” and then I spoke on the Belt of Truth from ...

The equality of women is a gospel issue, not just a social justice issue, according to veteran pastor Cynthia Hale.

For women to abandon the traditional centers of American Christianity seemed to speak to some mass underlying change.

Alcoholism among women is rising. Can the church help? Fifteen years ago, Sherry Hoppen was a mom of three, a ministry leader in her church, and a volunteer at her local pregnancy center when her ...

Christian leadership in the US has typically been seen as a male occupation. The right for women to be ordained and serve as faith leaders has been hard-won over decades, and in several major factions ...

Brat summer gives way to catty fall. You know that feeling when you have just SO. MUCH. TO. SAY about a particular current event but your podcast is on summer break?? Yeah, it’s the worst. Silver ...

If you want some perspective on just how benighted the Roman Catholic Church looks today on the subject of women, consider Hildegard of Bingen. Hildegard was a German Benedictine nun in the 12th ...