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

NATCHITOCHES PARISH, La. (KALB) - A church deacon and his wife were arrested for stealing money from Ashland Baptist Church, ...

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

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.

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

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

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

A high-level Vatican commission voted against allowing Catholic women to serve as deacons, maintaining the global Church's ...

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

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

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