But a papal commission examining the question said further study was required, and advised that women should be given other ...

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

Lisa Amman is a cradle Catholic who attended parish schools through 12th grade and then worked at her St. Paul, Minnesota, church for 15 years. She would likely never have learned about St. Phoebe, ...

A high-level Vatican commission voted against allowing Catholic women to serve as deacons, maintaining the global Church's ...

Winston Churchill famously said, "Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it." If the Catholic Church forgets history, it is simply doomed. Pope Francis recently issued a letter "On the Renewal ...

A woman holds a sign in support of women deacons as Pope Francis leads his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Nov. 6, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) I recently attended a listening ...

Christian leadership in the US has typically been seen as a male occupation. The right for women to be ordained and serve as faith leaders has been hard-won over decades, and in several major factions ...

(RNS) — On Saturday (Sept. 3), 56 pilgrims from four countries will gather in Mexico City to celebrate St. Phoebe’s feast day and consider how they might urge the church to reclaim the diaconate for ...