There has been increasing discussion about the place of women in the Church, and I think that this is a good development. The word “church” in Latin is ecclesia, a feminine noun, and the ...

ROME (Crux) — On the first day of the final session of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality, a study group responsible for evaluating the female diaconate said that, while still exploring other forms of ...

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But he also said that women will still need to "gain the consent of their partner" before the pills can be administered - a stipulation pro-choice campaigners have called patriarchal and outdated.