Archbishops of Canterbury and York set to sign women bishops legislation into law in front of General Synod
By John Bingham
A string of senior female priests have been given special training to put them in prime position to become
Church of England General Synod backs women bishops
The Church of England has voted to allow women to become bishops for first time in its history.
Its ruling General Synod gave approval to legislation introducing the change by the required two-thirds majority.
A previous vote in 2012
Melbourne Priest Greg Reynolds Defrocked And Excommunicated By The Vatican
Evangelizing the institutional church: an interview with Helmut Schüller
By Jamie Manson
Much has been written about Austrian priest and reformer Helmut Schüller since he opened his 15-city U.S. tour, called “The Catholic Tipping Point,” in New York last week.
Schüller has been making news in the Roman Catholic
After Second Approved Miracle, Pope John Paul II Likely to Become a Saint
The best part of this news is: if this man can make it to heaven, no one else has anything to worry about.
by Barbie Latza Nadeau
On May 1, 2011, the late pope John Paul II was beatified
Cardinal O’Malley bars talk by priest over views
File under: We Don’t need no stinkin’ discussion on the topics.
by Lisa Wangsness
Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley is banning an Austrian priest from speaking at a Catholic parish in Dedham because the priest advocates ordaining women and making
Women Catholic deacons ‘no longer taboo’
Germany’s top Roman Catholic has called for women to be allowed to become deacons, which would enable them to perform baptisms and marriages outside of mass – a novelty for Catholic women.
Archbishop of Freiburg Robert Zollitsch, who chairs the
Kentucky woman ordained as priest in defiance of Catholic church
By Peter Smith
In defiance of Roman Catholic authority and doctrine, the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests ordained its first Louisville-area priest on Saturday.
Rosemarie Smead of Bedford, Ky., a retired Indiana University Southeast counselor-education professor, was ordained during
Last Supper
My Prayer: Let Women Be Priests
By ROY BOURGEOIS
AFTER serving as a Roman Catholic priest for 40 years, I was expelled from the priesthood last November because of my public support for the ordination of women.
Catholic priests say that the call to be a