The Rev. Sarah Smith stands in the sanctuary of St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, where she is associate priest. Evangelist Rick Warren's decision to face-off against the Southern Baptist Convention ...

Fifty-six years and 350 women after the first (non-Orthodox) female rabbi was ordained, the Orthodox Union took a stand last week. The traditional community’s largest synagogue group retained one ...

Ironically, Friday’s announcement by the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) is an acknowledgement of the reality and impact of Orthodox women clergy. We are facts on the ground. I am the Rabba the ...

The organization reaffirmed a policy that prohibits other synagogues from hiring women in rabbinic positions. NEW YORK (JTA) — The Orthodox Union will not penalize its member synagogues that already ...

Vatican summit avoids discussing women clergy Church leaders, lay people from 110 nations taking part Pope Francis criticised over stances on women in society Summit expected to issue final document ...

Rabba Sara Hurwitz, right, is the dean of Yeshivat Maharat in New York, which since its founding in 2009 has ordained 14 Orthodox clergywomen. Photo by Uriel Heilman Several people have asked me my ...

On May 4, the banners were flying and the smiles were wide among the 100 clergywomen and about 60 others gathered at Wesley United Methodist Church in Minneapolis to celebrate a special anniversary.

FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. — The United Way of Forsyth County is honoring 31 women clergy during a special event this weekend. The celebration called “Celebrating Women Clergy in Forsyth County” is taking ...

The fallout continues from the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe V. Wade on June 24. Black clergy women across denominations in the metropolitan D.C. area have joined women from all backgrounds in ...

WEST BEND, Wis. — Cristy Schoob is grateful and blessed, maybe even a bit lucky, she got the message when she did. At the end of her sophomore year, she handed her yearbook to her pastor and asked him ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Advocates for a greater role for women in the Catholic Church say Pope Francis is failing their cause at a global meeting of Church leaders drawing to a close this week, by ...