Defined by the men in their lives, women in ancient Rome were valued mainly as wives and mothers. Although some were allowed more freedom than others, there was always a limit, even for the ...

Unfortunately, She Was a Nymphomaniac: A New History of Rome’s Imperial Women Smith has spent her career fighting such attitudes. Her 1989 book Misogynies, a collection of essays on the history ...

ROME (AP) — Another woman is taking over a top management job in the Vatican: Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian nun, was ...

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 13 - Rome Chief Prosecutor Francesco ... He added that, as of 30 November, 3,839 red-code procedures to protect women from domestic abuse had been activated this year.

Questions about the possibility of opening the diaconate to women were part of the conversation Feb. 21 at Rome's Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere.

Members of the Vatican’s Second Commission on Women and the Diaconate are due to meet in Rome next week to consider the submissions of Synod members on this topic. The Tablet understands that ...

An open dispute over the future role of women has overshadowed the final week of the synod of Catholic bishops in Rome, participants said on Saturday. According to attendees of the 16th Ordinary ...