Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X ALLENTOWN – Three Schuylkill County men were among 15 deacons ordained on Sept. 14 at the ...

Georg Baetzing, Bishop of Limburg and Chairman of the German Bishops' Conference, speaks during a press conference. Arne Dedert/dpa Despite opposition from the Vatican, German Bishop Georg Bätzing ...

Pope Leo XIV ordered the release of the Summary of the Study Commission on the Female Diaconate last week, marking a new low ...

Despite what appeared to be a rigid no from Pope Francis to the idea of ordaining Catholic women deacons during the pontiff’s interview with CBS News on Monday (May 20), Catholic advocates for the ...

There were three area permanent Catholic deacons ordained on May 11 at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago along with nine other permanent and two transitional Catholic deacons. The Archdiocese of Chicago ...

Tony and Gez had seen it all — and lost it all — in their individual journeys of addiction, recovery and conversion.

I would like to tell you about the other Catholic church in town, Light of Christ, which is part of the Ecumenical Catholic Communion (ECC) and which fully participates in the ordination of women.

Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-taek of Seoul recently ordained 16 new priests and 25 new deacons for the archdiocese that will host World Youth Day 2027 in South Korea. With these ordinations, the number ...

ROME — A second Vatican study commission has determined that women should not be ordained as deacons, dealing another setback to Catholic women who hope one day to be able to preside at weddings, ...

Ronald J. Burns, a member of Jesus the Divine Word Parish in Huntingtown, was among 14 men ordained as permanent deacons by Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, for the Archdiocese of ...

Christopher Elser, a gifted athlete who once made the Arkansas Razorbacks' spring football roster, is playing in a higher league now. Saturday, the former all-state high school kicker was ordained as ...