The church depends on donations from nations whose better off have been educated on the baptismal equality of all persons.

The synod concluded without movement on the question of women deacons, but kept the issue open. That was frustrating to ...

The topic of women deacons has caused a good deal of controversy ... There are more than 450,000 catechists in Africa who ...

Kasper has a history of backing the idea of giving women some of the responsibilities of deacons. At an assembly of German bishops in 2013, the cardinal presented the possibility of deaconesses ...