Women now hold roles that shape the Church’s global mission —from selecting bishops to overseeing humanitarian initiatives.

Pope Francis’ recent gesture of welcome for transgender Catholics has resonated strongly in this working class, seaside town south of Rome, where a community of trans women has found help and hope ...

The Pope stressed that these women 'paved the way for many others who, like you, have followed Christ in his poverty, chastity, and obedience, carrying on his work, sometimes even to the point of ...

Pope Leo XIV drew laughter and applause on Oct. 24 when he recalled asking his mother in the 1970s whether she wanted equality with men. “No,” she replied, “because we’re already better.” The pope ...

Dr. Emilce Cuda, secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America at the Holy See, encourages participants of the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering to affect political and economic change ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV fixed a technical glitch on Friday in a Vatican law that became problematic after Pope Francis named the first-ever woman to head the Vatican City State administration. Leo ...

After being appointed as the first female president of the Vatican, Sister Raffaella Petrini has been denied access to ...