ROME — A Catholic university in Belgium took the rare step of criticizing Pope Francis, using the word “reductive” to describe his views about the role of women in society, delivered during ...

Pope Francis hosted a group of transgender women — many of whom are sex workers ... "Before, the church was closed to us.

He noted that women can already lead parishes without priests as “catechists,” or religious teachers, a status formalized by Francis in 2021. Such titles do not entail sacred ordination ...

But advocates say Francis has taken the issue of women clergy off the table at the synod, by asking the Vatican's typically conservative doctrinal office to take over study of whether women can be ...

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ROME (AP) — Pope Francis opened the second phase of his big Catholic reform project Wednesday, with widespread calls for women to take ... while you can be nurturing and mothering and be a ...

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This comes after the Vatican released a new Vatican Synod document, which still does not allow women to be priests.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis decided the question ... Addressing the synod Oct. 21, Cardinal Fernández said women instituted as catechists already can lead Catholic communities in the ...