Whether the church’s ministry of discernment decides to open diaconal ordination to women or not, creating a kind of nonsacramental “fourth order” of deaconess is not the way to move forward.

Church leaders in the Amazon, where priests are in short supply, raised the question at a 2019 synod, calling on the pope to “promote and confer ministries for men and women in an equitable ...

Vatican City, Oct 1, 2024 / 10:00 am. Debate on women’s participation in the Catholic Church — including the idea of whether women could one day be deacons — is not on the agenda for this ...

Church leaders in the Amazon, where priests are in short supply, raised the question at a 2019 synod, calling on the pope to “promote and confer ministries for men and women in an equitable ...

The Church upholds the "baptismal priesthood" shared by all believers, forming the basis for various "non-ordained [or lay] ministries" open to both men and women. It maintains that women cannot be ...

ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 15, 2024 / 11:49 am. Pope Francis has written the preface to the book “Women and Ministries in the Synodal Church,” authored by three theologians and two cardinals who ...

The role of women in the Catholic Church is a big issue 04:00. With the conclave to select a new Pope beginning on May 7, many are wondering in what direction a new pope will take the Catholic Church.

Many Ugandans are still waiting for that transformative change to materialize across key sectors. Some had hoped it would ...

Her plan for the commission — which has been established for a period of at least five years — is to address a range of cultural and systemic barriers to women's ministry, from the number on ...