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.

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

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

Two men who worked with the local On Sacred Ground — Wyoming Service Corps returned to Cody last Saturday for ordination into the deaconate at Christ Episcopal Church. “The first batch 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 ...

The ordination of Debra Maria Flint, a deacon and Catholic feminist writer ... serve their fellow human beings and ordination is about service not power or genitalia. My mission is to write ...