The women meet all the requirements except one: they're not men. As deacons, they could preach at Mass and preside over baptisms, weddings and funerals.

Pope Leo's selection had spurred optimism that the Church's stance on female deacons might change. That was not to be the ...

Discussions over women becoming deacons, who are ordained and can assist with services but cannot celebrate Mass, have ...

A Vatican-appointed commission says current church teaching does not allow women to be ordained as Catholic deacons.

Rome, Italy – When Pope Francis was elected in 2013, he faced loud calls to expand the role of women within the Roman Catholic Church. To some extent, he delivered. Francis opened key meetings to ...

As cardinals selected American Cardinal Robert Prevost to become the 267th pontiff-- Pope Leo XIV -- on Thursday, one major group was excluded from the decision-making process: women. "Ordained ...

ROME -- A second Vatican study commission has determined that women should not be ordained as deacons, dealing another ...

Some Long Island women spoke about their desire to become a Catholic deacon, stating that they meet all the requirements, ...

Is the Holy Spirit telling us that female exclusion from ordained ministry and church decision-making is no longer acceptable ...

I would like to tell you about the other Catholic church in town, Light of Christ, which is part of the Ecumenical Catholic ...

The opinion by the head of a commission charged with considering the question in effect states that the Catholic Church ...

Argument against female deacons includes wish to preserve ‘masculinity of Christ’ and of those who receive holy orders ...