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

During his military service (1952-54) he attended the Schools of ... in Athens on 1 August 1960 and ordained as a Hiero-Deacon on 7 August 1960, followed by his ordination as a Priest-Archimandrite on ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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.

ROME — Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required ...