The synod concluded without movement on the question of women deacons, but kept the issue open. That was frustrating to advocates but also has helped some remain hopeful.

The first cohort of women became priests in 1994 at an historical service at Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire. "We had lots of ...

This month’s delayed priestly ordination of eight deacons of the Ernakulam Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church has ...

I returned just a few days ago from the second session of the Synod on Synodality in Rome, and I will confess to feeling a tad exhausted. As I've mentioned before, the synod is a full four weeks l ...

The Reverend Donald Reeves, who has died aged 90, was Rector of St James’s, Piccadilly, from 1980 to 1998, and one of the ...

Four conservative German bishops said the final document of the Synod on Synodality ruled out further reforms from the ...

Archbishop Welby has resigned, expressing sorrow over his failure to ensure proper investigation into historic abuse ...

For over 40 years, six people from Medjugorje, a small town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, have claimed to see and speak with the ...

For the past 12 years, since my ordination as a bishop in 2012 ... I can ask God — the Holy Spirit — to touch the hearts of ...

Alongside the biblical debates about complementarian or egalitarian views of women’s ordination, we should consider the sheer ...

An Israeli government agency tasked with co-ordinating aid deliveries to Gaza is rejecting figures reported by international ...

Soccer fans who watched Spain celebrate its dramatic 2–1 victory over England in the European Football Championship also got ...