WHEELING – A former Episcopal priest will be the first in the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston to be ordained into the Roman Catholic priesthood through a procedure established more than 30 years ago.

DREXEL HILL, Pa. (WPVI) -- The third annual Women's Ordination Worldwide International Conference is going on right now in Philadelphia. The goal is to spread awareness about a growing trend within ...

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 ...

This month marked the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote in the United States. Seventy years of protest and consciousness-raising made it happen in 1920. The Catholic church moves even slower, ...

What inspired you to produce Ordination of Women to the Diaconate in the Eastern Churches? For many years, my academic research has centered on the restoration of women to the ordained diaconate in ...

The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland took a historic step on May 7, as Presiding Bishop Jerzy Samiec ordained nine women to the priesthood at a service in Warsaw’s Holy Trinity ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NASHVILLE, Tenn (WTVF) — Wedding season is ...