Oct. 25—When she comes up to the altar rail to receive a blessing during Communion while wearing her clerical vestments, the Rev. Anne Tropeano — known as "Father Anne" — receives a variety of looks ...

Ordination is typically the final step in a long and often expensive process that includes dedicating one's life to ministry, completing a bachelor's and/or master's degree and fulfilling the ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — The Hindus of Tarkerabari village in the nation’s Okhaldunga district are rejoicing over the April 25 ordination of Jesuit Deacon Tek Raj Paudel from their village. The ordination ...

VATICAN CITY — A laywoman received loud applause this week at the Synod on Synodality for a speech that characterized some members’ push for women’s ordination as an attempt to clericalize the laity, ...

Pope Francis and cardinals accused of ignoring calls to give women greater leadership roles Catholic women whose hopes of ordination were dashed at a recent worldwide synod in Rome are being urged to ...

What constitutes women’s leadership in religious communities is open to many interpretations. In the U.S., more attention has been given to women’s ordination because of the highly public and visible ...

MEMPHIS — While preparing a client's divorce petition, lawyer Larry Rice did a double take. He and his client started talking about mail-order ministers — such as those who receive ordination from the ...

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(The Conversation) — A scholar of gender and US religious history explains how women are trying to make religious communities more inclusive. Women’s ordination is only one piece of this ongoing work.