In the final days of the most significant Catholic gathering since the 1960s, the prospect of women being ordained appears ...

We know that the Holy Father has expressed that at this time the issue of the female diaconate is not mature and has asked ...

The issue of women deacons had been a major theme of the current Vatican synod on how to make the Catholic Church more ...

Argentine Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez said that a commission on women deacons created by Pope Francis in 2020 and led by ...

Around 100 synod delegates filed into the Vatican’s old synod hall yesterday afternoon seeking answers about the secretive ...

Advocates for a greater role for women in the Catholic Church say Pope Francis is failing their cause at a global meeting of ...

Just like male deacons, women deacons are extensively covered in early Pastoral Manuals, such as the Didascalia of the ...

The scope of group five includes "theological and canonical matters regarding specific ministerial forms" and, in particular, ...

Pope Francis believes the question of the female diaconate ‘is not yet mature.’ Some women are willing to wait it out.

The Association of Catholic Priests has said it is “extremely disappointed” by Pope Francis’ decision to remove the issue of ...

On a barge on Rome's River Tiber, a stone's throw from the Vatican, Loan Rocher was "ordained" in a secret ceremony in ...

The number of Catholics and permanent deacons in the world rose in 2022, while the number of seminarians, priests, men and ...