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.

Discussions over women becoming deacons, who are ordained and can assist with services but cannot celebrate Mass, have ...

If the church approaches women’s discernment with condescension instead of curiosity, it risks undermining the process of ...

Pope Leo's selection had spurred optimism that the Church's stance on female deacons might change. That was not to be the ...

A Vatican-appointed commission says current church teaching does not allow women to be ordained as Catholic deacons.

But a papal commission examining the question said further study was required, and advised that women should be given other ...

Lisa Amman is a cradle Catholic who attended parish schools through 12th grade and then worked at her St. Paul, Minnesota, church for 15 years. She would likely never have learned about St. Phoebe, ...

Some Long Island women spoke about their desire to become a Catholic deacon, stating that they meet all the requirements, ...

Pope Leo XIV ordered the release of the Summary of the Study Commission on the Female Diaconate last week, marking a new low ...

The opinion by the head of a commission charged with considering the question in effect states that the Catholic Church ...

Argument against female deacons includes wish to preserve ‘masculinity of Christ’ and of those who receive holy orders ...

(RNS) — On Saturday (Sept. 3), 56 pilgrims from four countries will gather in Mexico City to celebrate St. Phoebe’s feast day and consider how they might urge the church to reclaim the diaconate for ...