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As one of the largest nongovernmental organizations in the world, Tropeano said the church's teachings about women affect more people than world's 1.3 billion Catholics and makes it difficult for ...
More women are entering seminary and other theological programs in mainstream Christian denominations. Some look at it as an opportunity for activism and a reinvigoration of faith.
Many Catholic women, both lay and in religious orders, have become influential mystics or theologians – with four women now recognised as Doctors of the Church: the Carmelites have produced two such women, the Spanish mystic Saint Teresa of Avila and French author Saint Therese of Lisieux; while Catherine of Siena was an Italian Dominican and ...
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Women in Church history have played a variety of roles in the life of Christianity—notably as contemplatives, health care givers, educationalists and missionaries. Until recent times, women were generally excluded from episcopal and clerical positions within the certain Christian churches; however, great numbers of women have been influential in the life of the church, from contemporaries of ...
References are made within the earliest Christian communities to the role of women in positions of church leadership. Paul's letter to the Romans, written in the first century, commends Phoebe who is described as "deaconess of the church at Cenchreae" that she be received "in the Lord as befits the saints, and help her in whatever she may require from you, for she has been a helper of many and ...
Many leadership roles in the organised church have been prohibited to women, but the majority of churches now hold an egalitarian view regarding women's roles in the church. In the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches, only men may serve as priests or elders ( bishops , presbyters and deacons ); only celibate males serve in senior leadership ...
A central theme has been the role of women in church governance, but other hot button issues are also on the agenda, including acceptance for LGBTQ+ Catholics and priestly celibacy.