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

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

Shoreline Church in Monterey is preparing for a holiday celebration next Tuesday, offering dinner, gifts, and activities for ...

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

A commission chosen by the late Pope Francis to study the possibility of women becoming deacons in the Catholic Church has ...

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

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

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

A Vatican commission looking into the idea of allowing women to be ordained as deacons says the Catholic Church cannot ordain ...

A high-level Vatican commission voted against allowing Catholic women to serve as deacons, maintaining the global Church's practice of all-male clergy, according to a report given to Pope Leo and ...

The report noted the subject of a female diaconate is of "significant complexity" and lacks "sufficient consensus." ...

The group was split 5-5 on a statement that held Jesus' masculinity and that of all who receive holy orders "is not ...