Although many Catholics nowadays assume the notion of a Catholic feminist is an oxymoron, Claire Swinarski, creator and host of The Catholic Feminist podcast, is out to prove otherwise in her new book ...

Studying Christian theology has given me both hope and disappointment concerning the treatment of women in the Catholic Church. I have been inspired and moved by the mystical writing of medieval women ...

When Amy Coney Barrett was nominated to the Supreme Court last September, the media and the public alike rushed to scrutinize not only her legal credentials and jurisprudential philosophy, but also ...

Sue Ellen Browder’s latest book, Sex and the Catholic Feminist: New Choices for a New Generation, encourages pro-lifers to be the change for the good of women — and all — while chronically showing how ...

Should Catholics identify as “feminists?” A panel of prominent female Catholic thinkers explored the question at a recent conference at the University of Notre Dame dedicated to the Church’s teaching ...

Sinsinawa Dominican Sr. Donna Quinn, longtime feminist social justice advocate, died July 30 at the age of 84. She was a pioneer, well ahead of her time and of many of her peers on women's issues in ...

Being a Catholic and a feminist can often feel a bit sticky. I’m speaking from personal experience, but I know I’m not alone. When we at America produce and publish content about women’s roles in the ...

My partner and I first met in April 2020, early in the pandemic, via Instagram of all places. We're both musicians, and we discovered a number of other things we had in common, including spirituality ...

The University of San Diego’s turnabout on the appointment of a prominent feminist theologian has heated up a debate among Roman Catholic colleges over how to balance the interests of academic freedom ...

Author Jessica Valenti's feminist condemnation of a Catholic hospital's pro-life sign espousing the "dignity of human life from conception to death" became a spectacle for National Review writer ...

A pioneer of faith-based feminism and a Catholic priest who ministered tirelessly during the Second World War will be beatified in April. Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for ...

A longtime writer who has spent years studying the intersection of culture and faith says modern feminism has transformed into ...