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 ...

Scottish soon-to-be priests Matthew McCafferty and Kieran Burt reflect on meeting the new Holy Father — and following in his ...

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.

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 ...

MINEOLA, N.Y.-- A Roosevelt man who admits he murdered a Roman Catholic deacon who was helping him turn his life around was sentenced on Wednesday. The deacon ran a transitional house for homeless ...

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 ...

A Roosevelt man was sentenced Wednesday in the murder of a 70-year-old Roman Catholic deacon. Andre Patton will spend 20 years to life in prison for the stabbing of Patrick Logsdon. Police say ...