After some intercessions, the bishop, again imposing hands, spoke a second prayer of ordination, the ekphonese, characteristic only for the three major orders of episcopacy, presbyterate and diaconate ...

When I entered the Jesuits in 2014, I knew that ordination to the diaconate was a part of formation, but I didn't think much about it. Founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola in 1540, the Society of Jes ...

The synod concluded without movement on the question of women deacons, but kept the issue open. That was frustrating to advocates but also has helped some remain hopeful.

Cardinal Víctor Fernández on Monday reaffirmed Pope Francis’ position against women’s access to the diaconate ... that “rushing to ask for the ordination of deaconesses is not today ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The head of the Vatican’s doctrinal department issued a letter on Monday (Oct. 21) dashing hopes that ...

told the extraordinary assembly of bishops and laypeople this week that Pope Francis said the moment for allowing ordination of women as deacons in the church “is not ripe.” The multiyear ...