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 ...

Group calls it ‘shocking’ that Vatican commission believes ‘masculinity of Christ is integral part of sacramental identity’ ...

I would like to tell you about the other Catholic church in town, Light of Christ, which is part of the Ecumenical Catholic ...

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.

A FERMANAGH man has become the youngest serving member of the Church of Ireland clergy. Rev Scott E Elliott (29) was ordained ...

It was an atmosphere of profound joy on Thursday, December 11, 2025, as fourteen seminarians were ordained to the Order of the Diaconate during the 10th Anniversary celebration of St. Albert the Great ...

An ecclesiastical court in the Anglican Church in North America has acquitted a Chicago-area bishop who was accused of violating church laws by mishandling a sex abuse case and allowing men with ...

A commission set up by Pope Francis to study women deacons has voted against the possibility of ordaining women deacons while ...

Stuart McGovern worked in telecoms and ran his own firm but always wanted ‘more than what the world had to offer’ — a quest ...

Born to a Christian mother, Rabbi Cody Bahir had a remarkable journey to the rabbinate that included receiving a post-doc in ...

A protectionist offensive. Mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. The dismantling of entire sections of the federal government.