the Roman Catholic Church is experiencing a chronic shortage of clerics. The idea of women serving as Catholic priests has not been seriously discussed. But women ordained as deacons could fill ...

Within Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and similar traditions, formal blessings of the church are performed by bishops, priests, and sometimes deacons, but as in many other religions ...

Sylvia Loumeau, director of clinical and social work services for Catholic Charities of South Jersey, talks about the ...

Deacons rank lower than priests and can perform ... The ordaining was received with much joy among members of the Roman Catholic Church, especially since the number of men entering priesthood ...

ROME (AP) — Parishoners gathered inside St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood to mark the start of Lent by receiving ashes on Ash Wednesday. Deacon Chris ...