Further reading: On women’s ordination and church governance Public ... with no obligation to provide justification or an appeals process. Additionally, canonical trials used to judge Catholic ...

(THE CONVERSATION) For over 40 years, six people from Medjugorje, a small town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, have claimed to see and speak with the Virgin Mary. For almost as long, hordes of pilgrims have ...

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.

For Francis, the synodal process was always more important than any decisions the synod made. Synodality requires a spiritual ...

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 ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis, background center, poses with the participants to the second session of the 16th General ...

told an assembly of bishops and laypeople earlier that the pontiff said the moment for allowing ordination of women as deacons in the church “is not ripe.” The synod process had sparked great ...

Pope Francis' yearslong process to reform the Catholic Church ... Francis had said the moment "is not ripe" for allowing the ordination of women as deacons. He did not respond directly to a ...

The multi-year synod process had sparked great hopes for change ... the executive director of the Women’s Ordination Conference. While she acknowledged a “cultural shift,” she said "the pace of that ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ yearslong process to reform the Catholic Church closed Saturday with recommendations that fell short of giving women more equity as hoped, but reflected the ...

The multi-year synod process had sparked great hopes for change ... the executive director of the Women’s Ordination Conference. While she acknowledged a “cultural shift,” she said "the ...

During the process of disengagement they will un-pitch ... It will require close co-ordination and continuous monitoring. Disengagement in Demchock and Depsang will give Indian troops easier ...