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Naming undersecretaries for synod, pope gives a woman a vote
Xaviere Missionary Sister Nathalie Becquart will not be the first woman undersecretary of a major Vatican office, but she will be the first woman with a right to vote at a meeting of the Synod of Bishops.
Women religious finding new ways to minister, collaborate
Loreto Sister Patricia Murray has a perfect view of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica from her office and, she said, almost every morning she thinks about how she got there.
Women must be at tables where church decisions are made
The Catholic Church is the largest global humanitarian network, with enormous potential, and therefore responsibility, to address human suffering and complex global challenges. It is also the vehicle through which the Catholic faith is transmitted to nearly 1.3 billion people.
Archdiocesan Women’s Committee responds to the issue of clericalism
We are blessed to have a number of lay commissions and councils, which I rely on to provide advice and support. I view their collaboration as key to the kind of shared governance needed today in the church. One of the groups I depend on is the Archdiocesan Women’s Committee. This advisory body represents women from all six vicariates, and meets with me throughout the year.
Lay women appointed to important Vatican congregation
A glass ceiling has been broken in the Holy See. On April 21, Pope Francis named the first female advisers to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the church’s central doctrinal body.
Looking at women in leadership throughout the global church
With the Me Too movement and the treatment of women making headlines and shaking U.S. culture, organizers of DePaul University’s annual World Catholicism Week chose the topic of women and leadership in the global church for this year’s conference held April 6-8 at the university’s Lincoln Park campus.
Collection helps religious who lived lives of service
The 57 members of the Sisters of the Living Word have a median age of 79, and 38 of them are retir...
Pope Francis sets up committee on women deacons
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis wasted no time in getting back to business following his five-day tri...
Contemplative community leaving Lake Villa
Group of religious women is moving to Tennessee to live with its remaining members
The Catholic community in Lake County is saying goodbye this month to the Poor Handmaids of the E...
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