The Holy Maid of Leominster was believable partly because there were indeed medieval women who starved themselves and existed mainly on the eucharist, even if it did not magically fly up to their ...

Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy, a vocal defender of migrants and critic of Donald Trump’s first ...

From Melina Mercouri to Christine Lagarde, to Margaret Thatcher, women who have risen to the heights of power left their mark. Episode 2: in the 1960s and 1970s, a wind of renewal blew across Europe, ...

In the Middle East, churches in Lebanon and Syria have already conferred holy orders on women, while at least one Palestinian woman is known to serve in the US. Ms Azar was ordained by her father ...