There are currently nearly 600 parishes that officially bar women priests. The Church of England must now deal with an ...

Sarah Mullally will begin the role early next year and will be the first female church leader since women were allowed to become bishops in 2014.

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As Sarah Mullally becomes the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, her rise could influence the Vatican’s debate over women in ministry.

She thanked the women who had come before her and said she intends to ... The post Sarah Mullally named the first female Archbishop of Canterbury in history of Church of England appeared first on East ...

Dame Sarah Mullally addresses "profound global uncertainty" in her first speech since being named as the next archbishop.

Bishop Sarah Mullally’s appointment as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury has been hailed as historic as well as ...

For the first time, the Church of England has named a woman as its top leader. Sarah Mullally is the new Archbishop of Canterbury, leading 85 million Anglicans around the world.

A new pope is bringing new hope to some that the Roman Catholic Church could take a major step toward giving women more equality with men by allowing them to perform some of the same functions as ...