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

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.

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

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

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

A Vatican report on women deacons published last week said that women could not be admitted to the diaconate “understood as a ...

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 ...

A high-level Vatican commission has voted against allowing Catholic women to serve as deacons, a decision that upholds the ...