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Refugee women in Cairo participate in a sewing and knitting class in early November, 2013. The class was sponsored by St. Andrew's Refugee Services, which is supported by Catholic Relief Services. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey) (Jan. 2, 2014)
Politics & SocietyNews
Matt Fowler - Catholic News Service
The archbishop explained that women are "too often undervalued" and vulnerable to discrimination, not only when they are part of an ethnic, religious or linguistic minority, but for simply being women.
Government officials joined Catholics and other citizens from across the country at a march against human trafficking on Aug. 26. (photo by Bishop José Luis Ponce de Leon)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Russell Pollitt, S.J.
Swaziland's police commissioner praised the Diocese of Manzini and Bishop José Luis Ponce de Leon for organizing marches to help in "the fight against crime."
DeaconChat highlights women who have “considered a call to the diaconate to share that discernment with the wider church.” Screenshot from Catholicwomendeacons.org
FaithNews
Josephine McKenna - Religion News Service
Their actions of several Catholic groups follow the appointment of a panel of experts set up by Pope Francis to consider the controversial question.
Pope Francis and Patti Gallagher Mansfield, a participant in the 1967 Pittsburgh retreat that marked the beginning of the Charismatic renewal, pray during a Pentecost vigil marking the 50th anniversary of the Catholic charismatic renewal at the Circus Maximus in Rome on June 3. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
"Women are fully entitled to actively take part in all settings, and their rights must be affirmed and protected," the pope said.
Gal Gadot in "Wonder Woman" (CNS photo/Warner Bros.)
Arts & CultureFilm
Meghan J. Clark
Wonder Woman finds hope and beauty in humanity despite the darkness that looms beneath.