A half-century ago, Sister Evelyn Lamoureux applied to become a deacon in the Roman Catholic Church. She met all the requirements except one: she wasn’t a man. Today, she is still waiting to become a ...

Perhaps someday, the Catholic Church will allow women to serve as deacons. But that time, a Vatican commission has decided, is not now. “In light of Sacred Scripture, Tradition, and ecclesiastical ...

Women deacons are not to be allowed in the Catholic Church, it was announced on Thursday. A Vatican Commission said in a report that it “rules out the possibility of moving in the direction of ...

Faiths Vatican report says church teaching bars women deacons, but stops short of final ruling (RNS) — A Vatican-appointed commission says current church teaching does not allow women to be ordained ...

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, baptisms ...

The Vatican has issued, solely in Italian, the opinion of the chair of Pope Francis' Second Commission for the Study of the Diaconate. Its substance can be translated quickly: Women cannot be ordained ...

ROME (AP) — 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, ...

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But a papal commission examining the question said further study was required, and advised that women should be given other leadership roles in the Catholic Church. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting ...

(RNS) — The opinion by the head of a commission charged with considering the question in effect states that the Catholic Church officially views women as 'other.' (RNS) — The Vatican has issued, ...

Panel of men and women debated appointment of women deacons Question has lingered for the past decade Deacons can baptize, witness marriages, but can't celebrate Mass Church reform groups criticize ...

A Vatican commission studying the possibility of female deacons reported that the current state of historical and theological research "excludes the possibility of proceeding" toward admitting women ...