At a glance, Spirit of Grace church in Beaverton might appear to be just one of many progressive Protestant churches, not unusual in the Pacific Northwest. Its website and featured introduction video ...

ROME — A second Vatican study commission has determined that women should not be ordained as deacons, dealing another setback to Catholic women who hope one day to be able to preside at weddings, ...

An activist group hoping to pressure the Roman Catholic Church into dropping its prohibition barring women from the priesthood says it has ordained three women. The group known as Roman Catholic ...

Perhaps someday, the Catholic Church will allow women to serve as deacons. But that time, a Vatican commission has decided, is not now. “In light of Sacred Scripture, Tradition, and ecclesiastical ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — A Lutheran pastor inspired in her youth by a Catholic priest and nuns is set to become the first female presiding bishop of the Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Rev.

Established in 1969, ARCIC as it was called - the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission – sought to make ecumenical progress between the two churches over a number of years. However, ...