“I believe that unmarried women who are unable to get themselves husbands and who wish to have a family should be able to go ahead and have children.” At his bishop’s pointed suggestion ...

Pastoral theologian Barbara Velik-Frank (pictured) is the first woman in Austria to take up the post of episcopal vicar. The Bishop of Carinthia, Mgr Josef Marketz, appointed her as “Episcopal ...

Barbara Velik-Frank is the first woman to become vicar: from March 1, she will be responsible for the major task of church development in the Gurk-Klagenfurt diocese. Her appointment is a sign of ...

was inspired by the Church of England’s decision in 1993 to allow the ordination of women. It traced the fortunes of French’s character, Granger, after she is appointed as vicar in the ...