and said her group is composed of 40 to 50 women priests, none of whom are recognized by the church hierarchy. "It's one of the very last patriarchal hierarchies in the western world, and I don't ...

A Cantonese-speaking schoolteacher who came to Hong Kong in 1949, Bennett sharply observed in Women Priests?Yes - Now! (1975) that "for the church not to treat women equally with men provides a ...

There are some Christians who believe women are not made to be priests and, yet, in the early days of Christianity, it appears they played vital roles. There has long been an underlying assumption ...

Catholic deacons can preside over baptisms, weddings and funerals, but only priests can celebrate mass. Ordaining women deacons was a "fringe proposal pushed by Western progressives" before the ...

1974: Eleven women ordained Episcopal priests. 1975: First Women's Ordination gathering in Detroit; Women’s Ordination Conference founded. 1976: Experts of the Pontifical Biblical Commission ...

A CAMPAIGN to end the provisions that accompanied the women-bishops legislation of 2014, put in place to provide for those ...