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Coming from five countries, with diverse professional experiences, seven men were ordained to serve as deacons Feb. 1. For ...

“The deacon is a minister of evangelization, a permanent and ordained sign and witness of Christ’s ministry of service,” ...

The Vatican decided to restore the ancient practice of permanent deacons after the Second Vatican Council in 1967 but ...

Questions about the possibility of opening the diaconate to women were part of the conversation Feb. 21 at Rome's Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere.

Support for women deacons has been on the rise in the U.S. church, even among ordained leaders. A Pew Research Center study last year found that 64% of American Catholics support the ordination of ...

There is no doctrine regarding women deacons but rather there is significant historical evidence to support the ordination of women as deacons. Members of the Vatican’s Second Commission on ...

WASHINGTON -- Secret Service agents on Friday officially said goodbye to “Deacon,” the code-name they used for former President Jimmy Carter, who had the longest-serving security detail in the ...