Ever wondered why you have never seen a female priest in a Catholic church? It is because they are literally not allowed to become one.

She has led the community in the Washington D.C. area since 2011. The Catholic Church does not ordain women as priests or ...

The appointment means that a woman is now responsible for the women who do much of the church’s work — the world’s 600,000 Catholic nuns — as well as the 129,000 Catholic priests who ...

At its heart, the aarti is an expression of gratitude and devotion. In India, rivers are not merely waterways but lifelines, revered as sacred and imbued with divinity. The act of performing aarti is ...

Francis has upheld the ban on female priests and tamped down hopes that women could be ordained as deacons. But there has been a marked increase in the percentage of women working in the Vatican ...

The appointment means that a woman is now responsible for the women who do much of the church's work — the world's 600,000 Catholic nuns — as well as the 129,000 Catholic priests who belong to ...

ROME — (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible ...