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

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.

Is the Holy Spirit telling us that female exclusion from ordained ministry and church decision-making is no longer acceptable ...

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

Responding to the seven-page synthesis document, Redemptorist Fr Tony Flannery said the outcome had “the same feel” as ...

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

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

A new Vatican document suggests the possibility of married men as priests and women in leading roles in the Catholic church in the Amazon. This question has been raised by a preparatory document for a ...

Blessed are the website developers, for they shall inherit the metaverse. And lo, a new age dawneth as the Catholic Church finally embraces the 21st century. No, not by allowing women to become ...

At a glance, Spirit of Grace church in Beaverton might appear to be just one of many progressive Protestant churches, not unusual in the Pacific Northwest. Its website and featured introduction video ...

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