TOOWOOMBA Bishop Ken Howell has ordained three men, Sang Duc Bui, BJ Perrett and Sean Woods, to the transitional diaconate at ...

This month’s delayed priestly ordination of eight deacons of the Ernakulam Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church has ...

Cardinal Walter Kasper, a respected German theologian and a longtime conservative voice at the Vatican, told a German church ...

The Bishop has appointed a Director of Diaconal Formation, restoring a position that has been dormant for the past several ...

But it referred questions on the ordination of female deacons, further outreach to the LGBTQ+ community and married priests ...

told the extraordinary assembly of 368 bishops and laypeople that Francis had said the moment "is not ripe" for allowing the ordination of women as deacons. He did not respond directly to a ...

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.

a step hailed by advocates for female ordination. “Up until now, it’s mostly been a theological conversation or historical conversation,” Ms. Hidalgo, of Discerning Deacons, said on Friday.

Such titles do not entail sacred ordination — and do not bestow the full powers of a deacon, who, in most cases, can stand in for a priest. The global church is split on the question of ...

told the extraordinary assembly of 368 bishops and laypeople — including women — that Francis had said the moment “is not ...

But it referred questions on the ordination of female deacons, further outreach to the LGBTQ+ community and married priests for further study. The outcome calmed the fears of church conservatives ...