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

During the in-flight press conference, Pope Francis revealed that some in the Vatican commission have concluded that historically the female diaconate was different from the role of male deacons, ...

WASHINGTON — The phone at the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) office rang off the hook for days after Pope Francis reportedly said he would consider studying the question of women deacons. “We’ve ...

As a permanent deacon in the Atlanta archdiocese, I was surprised to learn that Pope Francis may appoint a commission to look into the prospect of ordaining women as permanent deacons. "Permanent" ...

Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests to Ordain Priests and Deacons from Spain, France and U.S. in Historic Ordination in Rome on October 17, 2024 to foster Gender Equality in Ordained Ministry ...

After Saturday, Frank Hine will be in an unusual position for a Roman Catholic — when his daughter weds, he can both give the bride away and pronounce the couple man and wife. “It would be a little ...

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 ...

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 ...