While “women deacons” are not formally up for discussion ... and governance roles that don’t necessarily have to do with ordination.” “I think one of the calls from this synod is to ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Controversy over women’s ordination, even at the synod, detracts attention from the plight of women in the Catholic Church and society, said an Australian bishop ...

CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) — ‘I will while I can;’ that’s the motto that Alan Deacon lives by. Deacon, a former construction worker of twenty years started tripping over things in 2005 and didn ...

In preparation for the Holy Year 2025, the Altar of the Chair, where the ordination Mass was celebrated, is undergoing renovation works and is currently behind scaffolding. Deacon Christian ...

On Tuesday, Oct. 1, Witherspoon, her financier boyfriend, and her son, Deacon Phillippe, were spotted out to dinner at Cafe Cluny in New York City. According to the Daily Mail, this was the ...

Bishop Nimely Donyen in middle flanked on his immediate left and right by the new deacons (Rev. Beyan Kolubah & Rev. Philbert B. Nimely Johnsonville Township – October 2, 2024­–The Independent ...

2 closed the door — for now — on women deacons. Cardinal Víctor Manuel ... at least today, with diaconal ordination," the report said. "Yet, in some cases, one can perceive that it was ...

When asked by CBS journalist Norah O’Donnell if women will ever have “the opportunity to be a deacon and participate as a clergy member in the Church?”, the pope said, “No.” ...

Nearby, advocates for women's ordination staged a flash mob under ... to LGBTQ+ Catholics and ordaining women to serve as deacons. Francis entrusted these topics to 10 study groups that are ...

The ordination of female deacons is no longer on the agenda during a global assembly at the Vatican, but will be discussed separately. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Vatican City Pope ...

The Vatican’s doctrine office has judged that “based on the analysis so far…there is still no room for a positive decision” on ordaining women deacons ... of women’s ordination to ...

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 ...