Discussions over women becoming deacons, who are ordained and can assist with services but cannot celebrate Mass, have ...

ROME -- A second Vatican study commission has determined that women should not be ordained as deacons, dealing another ...

A commission chosen by the late Pope Francis to study the possibility of women becoming deacons in the Catholic Church has ...

But a papal commission examining the question said further study was required, and advised that women should be given other ...

The Vatican today released a synthesis report of the key themes of the study commission on the female diaconate that says “the purely historical ...

A Vatican-appointed commission says current church teaching does not allow women to be ordained as Catholic deacons.

A commission set up by Pope Francis to study women deacons has voted against the possibility of ordaining women deacons while ...

The U.S. feminist movement’s perpetual quest for gender equality has suffered notable setbacks during President Donald Trump’s second term.

African Catholic women in Philadelphia find rest, renewal, and cultural connection at the Sister to Sister Weekend Retreat ...

The U.S. Catholic bishops have published a public comment that supports the removal of gender ideology within refugee resettlement forms for unaccompanied children.

Argument against female deacons includes wish to preserve ‘masculinity of Christ’ and of those who receive holy orders ...

A high-level Vatican commission has voted against allowing Catholic women to serve as deacons, a decision that upholds the ...