In a synodal church, we need a fresh dialogue regarding complementarity.

Women are the lifeblood of the Church.

The Catholic Church Wouldn't Be Catholic if it weren't for us.

Ludmila Javorova is an ordained priest in the Czech church. Her ordination was suppressed by the Vatican after the fall of the Communist regime in 1989. We call on Pope Francis to recognize her ordination and her ministry today.

The first woman to serve as undersecretary for the Synod of Bishops offers her first remarks in that role.

Doris Wagner Reisinger is the 2020 recipient of the Christine Schenk Award for Young Catholic Leadership.

FutureChurch features new series, Women Witnesses for Racial Justice

The promise of a global movement for women's equality in the Catholic Church.

We honor the legacy of Sr. Carmel McEnroy and recognize her importance for our work today.

There was certainly movement toward a more wholistic Francis approach in the 2019 version of the Voter's Guide, but U.S. bishops effectively excised language that would implicate them in failing to embrace his approach.

The house is burning and there isn't much time to stop the destruction. If the Amazon dies, we will die.

Sisters, what do you need?; FutureChurch's 30 year work for married priests is becoming a reality; Voices of Courage and Hope; The Catacomb Pact also signed by the Synod Mothers

In determining the AUSCP priorities for the next year, the assembly voted to keep women’s equality high on the list.

We are deeply grateful for the witness of our board members. and our work will be shaped by their prophetic vision.

Women religious from around the world had a chance to tell their stories of struggle and hope at the October 4 Voices of Faith Event.

To see the Maria 2.0 women in action is to believe in its power to break down the patriarchal walls of the Church.

Deborah Rose-Milavec reflects on major moments, insights from the fifth meeting of the the International Catholic Reform Network in Warsaw

The FutureChurch Board of Trustees announce new board members, Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Reverend Fred Daley, Dr. Shannen Dee Williams.

Synod final document contains many reasons for hope.

Bishops' voices trump

"In the end, this church will open to women’s full and equal participation. We are all doing our part to make that a reality."

"I love this church everyday, but some days I am in love…"

Deb Rose-Milavec recounts her one-on-one conversation with Bishop Everard Johannes de Jong of the Netherlands and lifts up a few hopeful voices

Cardinal Blase Cupich and others respond to questions regarding clergy sex abuse, LGBT Catholics

Auditors Yadira Vieyara and Sebastian Duhau cut through with messages of listening, love, and accompaniment

The whole Church should say, 'Amen!'

His radiant love filled the room — a love that can only come from knowing and deeply trusting God and the God within each person he meets.

We are the People of God and we aren’t finished yet.

Deborah Rose-Milavec reflects on the canonization of three new saints

When asked about women at the Synod, one panelist's "joke" sucks the air out of the room

Slowly filling in the "who's who" of the Synod

Deb Rose-Milavec continues to question Synod participants about women in the Church

Journalists eager to take advantage of the presence of Archbishop Scicluna, peppered him with so many questions about clergy sex abuse that Vatican conductor Greg Burke smilingly called for a new topic.

I left Caravita a little lighter and with a renewed sense that the Church can be a place of healing and wholeness

It is clear that if they seek a more vibrant church, they have no other real choices.

Even if the optics at the press briefings are superimposed to make the synod look more legitimate, what matters is who decides and what is decided.

Women must claim their full and equal place in this Church

Catholic Women Speak Network launches Visions and Vocations ahead of Synod.

FutureChurch brings its unique perspective to reporting on the Synod

They dreamed new dreams, healed old wounds and tenaciously carried forward the vision, even when it was lonely, so that the Church might be whole, holy and more fully equipped to carry out the work of the Gospel.

The Joy of Love has long been a way of life for many Catholics in many places.