Next week’s ordination of 23 new Catholic deacons has been postponed after one of the candidates may have exposed the entire group to the coronavirus, Archdiocese of Newark officials said. The June 27 ...

A host of pastors and deacons lined up in the church basement wearing red stoles and exuberant smiles. We were gathered together for an ordination. Ordinations are joyful occasions, and celebrating ...

Daryl Grigsby on the burning need for ordained female ministry to honor Christian tradition and enliven a stagnant, ...

The Diocese of Orange welcomed 17 new deacons Saturday, Oct. 19, in the first such ordination service at Christ Cathedral since its dedication in July. Bishop Kevin Vann led the solemn ceremony.

This month marked the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote in the United States. Seventy years of protest and consciousness-raising made it happen in 1920. The Catholic church moves even slower, ...

GARY — One is a freelance photojournalist. Among is an engineer. Still another works in information technology. They are all members of the latest diaconal ordination class of 14 men in the Catholic ...

Leaders of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts on Saturday ordained five women as deacons, welcoming them into ministry as the church prepares next month to mark the 50th anniversary of the first ...

A proud Indigenous man has taken up a senior leadership role within the Northern Territory’s Catholic community.

In a solemn and joy-filled ceremony, five brothers were ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacons for the Diocese of Mangalore ...

It was a sunny Saturday afternoon in June when a rare father-and-son moment took place inside the sacred walls of St. Louis Cathedral. Martin Gutierrez, along with 21 other men, was ordained as a ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - After reopening the Dioceses of Savannah last week one person attending an annual ceremony Saturday tested positive for COVID-19. “It is frustrating," said Reverend Daniel ...