A Hofstra University professor is at the forefront of a new push that could help transform the 1.3 billion-member Roman Catholic Church: allowing women to serve as deacons and perform some of ...

If both priesthood and the diaconate are officially open for discernment, then why is the discussion about female deacons getting far more traction? The Roman Catholic Church has developed a layered ...

No one knows who the next pope will be, or his stance on women deacons. But Zagano contends the 1.4 billion-member Roman Catholic Church must take major steps to elevate women — or risk losing ...

St. Landry, La. - Four months after Scott Peyton, a Roman Catholic deacon resigned from his position after a priest he served with sexually abused his son, is now excommunicated by his local diocese.

I am an award-winning Catholic author who left the Roman Catholic (RC) Church in order to be ordained and am now a deacon within the Independent Catholic Movement. This movement comprises Catholic ...

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 ...

In an intimate church service, Reverend Gerry Lococo celebrates mass as an ordained Roman Catholic priest ... women should be allowed to become deacons. Catholic deacons can give sermons and ...

there was something much more unexpected to come from the news: The friar who sponsored his confirmation told the Catholic News Agency that LaBeouf said he wanted to become a deacon “sometime in ...

Archbishop Tambala urges newly 27 ordained Deacons to serve with solutions Malawi 24 | Latest News from Malawi | Stay ...

Von George, who became an ordained Roman Catholic deacon less than one month ago in a moving ceremony at the Allentown Diocese’s cathedral, has died after a battle with cancer. The diocese moved ...