The women meet all the requirements except one: they're not men. As deacons, they could preach at Mass and preside over baptisms, weddings and funerals.
(RNS) — The church depends on donations from nations whose better off have been educated on the baptismal equality of all persons. (RNS) — Winston Churchill famously said, “Those who forget history ...
The discernment about women's participation in the church, particularly the discernment about restoring women to the diaconate, challenges even Pope Francis to follow the synodal process of listening ...
If the church approaches women’s discernment with condescension instead of curiosity, it risks undermining the process of ...
"I am certainly willing to continue to listen to people" about the topic of women deacons, Pope Leo XIV Leo told an American journalist in an interview for a book. He is seen leading the Angelus ...
Pope Leo XIV ordered the release of the Summary of the Study Commission on the Female Diaconate last week, marking a new low ...
A group of pilgrims left the Eternal City Oct. 7, saying they are returning home to continue the push for women to answer their spiritual call as deacons. One of them, a Franciscan sister, said the ...
Pope Francis has made it perfectly clear that he opposes ordaining women as deacons. Although I disagree with him, I accept that we are not going to see female deacons during his pontificate. But if ...
A Scrooge tried to rob an elderly Catholic deacon at knifepoint – demanding “I want the money” – in a brazen Queens stick-up ...
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