Reviewing the Rev. Wil Gafney's new A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church (Church Publishing) has filled me with gratitude and delight. This long-awaited resource is a rare combination of ...

(RNS) — As Holy Week arcs toward Easter and world leaders have decried a resurgence of antisemitism, the Episcopal Church is mulling changes to its lectionary readings. (RNS) — When the Cathedral ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis issued a motu proprio Monday changing canon law to allow women to serve as lectors and acolytes. In the motu proprio “Spiritus Domini,” issued on Jan. 11, the pope changed ...

Wil Gafney is a womanist biblical scholar and Episcopal priest who teaches at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Texas. Her books include Daughters of Miriam: Women Prophets in Ancient Israel ...

On Jan. 11, Pope Francis published an apostolic letter issued motu proprio (which means "on his own impulse" in Latin), modifying canon law regarding women's access to the ministries of lector and ...

A volunteer places lilies around the lector in St. John's Episcopal Church in downtown Fayetteville, for Easter services.

Corinne Griske uses American Sign Language while serving as a lector during a Mass for members of the Catholic Deaf Community of Long Island, N.Y., on the Fourth Sunday of Advent at St. Frances de ...

Pope Francis issued a motu proprio Monday changing canon law to allow women to serve as lectors and acolytes. In the motu proprio "Spiritus Domini," issued on Jan. 11, the pope changed canon 230 § 1 ...