Broome County now has four new deacons who will preach, serve on the altar during Mass, and comfort people at hospitals and nursing homes. “As our priests are called to be shepherds in multiple ...

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.

Pope Francis has created a new commission to study the ordaining of women as deacons in the Catholic Church, the Vatican announced April 8. The new group, composed of 12 members, appears to replace ...

The purely historical perspective does not allow us to arrive at any definitive certainty,” a Vatican report concluded. “In ...

First, the bad news: two officials of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith have told me, in person, at lunch, that women cannot be ordained deacons because women cannot image Christ. The ...

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

This is Monday morning and my week looks extra busy. I will try not to let it bring me any stress though and take one day at a time. Life is precious and we need to treasure every day. It can change ...

ROME -- A second Vatican study commission has determined that women should not be ordained as deacons, dealing another ...

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

Let the new pope, Leo XIV, consider elevating Catholic women to become deacons, Jeannie Barry said in the lobby of St. Mary’s Church on Hillhouse Avenue. Or as Carlos Rodriguez put it more succinctly ...

Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown Bishop Mark Bartchak, (center) stands with (from left) Deacon Brian Yurky, Deacon Justin Treon, Deacon Daniel Heiser, and Deacon Michael Russo, Diocesan Director of the ...