“Nobody should circulate wrong facts regarding the ordination of the eight deacons in the Ernakulam-Angmaly Archeparchy,” Puthur said in a note. He said the issue had been discussed at various ...

Kochi: Laity activists of the Ernakulam Angamaly archdiocese on Friday staged a protest at the Archbishop's House, Ernakulam, alleging that the Church was not allowing deacons of the archdiocese ...

At 11 a.m. Sept. 28, the Mass and Rite of Ordination began at the Cathedral of St. Peter, 1234 N. Church Street. A Deacon is an ordained minister of the Catholic Church who can proclaim ...

The Syro-Malabar Church has clarified that some social media posts on discussions with various groups in the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly on the ordination of deacons to priesthood are ...

On a barge on Rome's River Tiber, a stone's throw from the Vatican, Loan Rocher was "ordained" in a secret ceremony in defiance of the Catholic Church's ban on women deacons and priests.

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Those attempting to disrupt the smooth functioning of the Ernakulam-Angamaly archeparchial curia and humiliate the Church before the world were not concerned about the ordination of the deacons ...

Her niece’s experience is the kind of story that drove Hidalgo to co-found Discerning Deacons, an organization that argues for the ordination of women deacons. The group launched in 2021 ...

The Association of Catholic Priests has said it is “extremely disappointed” by Pope Francis’ decision to remove the issue of women deacons from ... calls for their ordination to the ...

Throughout the synod on synodality, Discerning Deacons has been listening to the voices of the faithful and gathering data on what we are told. Synodal surveys garnered countless comments like ...

“However,” she said, “when it comes to the issue of women’s ordination, he seems to have ... that women will never be ordained deacons—has “broken the last thread of hope many women ...