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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

A Vatican report on women deacons published last week said that women could not be admitted to the diaconate “understood as a ...

A newly released Vatican commission report on women deacons shows the profound theological mystery of Christ's relationship ...