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 ...

“It [women as deacons or priests] would denaturalise ... noted how the Roman Curia – the administrative body of the Roman Catholic Church – is an ecclesiastical body that should not be ...

Every pope brings a distinct vision and agenda for leading the church. Making change is difficult in the Catholic Church, but ...

Roman watched a friend become an ordained deacon at Saturday's mass ... can inspire more people to serve the Catholic Church. "Certainly could strike people in their hearts in a different ...

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 ...

A female deacon called Phoebe is mentioned by St ... At that time the Church split into Orthodox in the East and Roman Catholic in the West. The Orthodox have never mandated celibacy but the ...

Pope Leo XIV's church is growing steadily, but its believers are no longer concentrated on the continent where it was born.

making him the first American-born head of the Roman Catholic Church. Follow here for live coverage Americans in Vatican City expressed exultation, pride and surprise — stunned surprise — all ...

Prevost is the Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Chiclayo in Peru. Senior elector among the cardinal deacons, currently French Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, stepped ...

The new pope opposed letting women serve as deacons but endorsed some of his ... a century by more conservative bishops from the Roman Catholic organization Opus Dei. A local priest, the Rev ...