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 ...

The bishop of Nigeria’s Diocese of Lokoja has withdrawn the ordination certificates of four men he ordained as deacons July 12 after it was revealed he had been presented with allegedly forged ...

The synod on synodality is exploding ideas all over the church. Some on the extreme right hope for Tridentine Masses. Some on the far left hope for changes in teachings on sex and gender. Folks in the ...

ANALYSIS: While the synod’s working document gave some women’s ordination advocates hope that the Church would open up to the female diaconate, no ordained ministry has yet been considered by the ...

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 ...

A Brazilian bishop has called for the ordination of women to the diaconate for service in the Amazon region. The bishop said that 2009 revisions to canon law could allow for the ordination of women ...

Seminarians from the Pontifical North American College at their ordination to the diaconate in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Sept. 28, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) This essay is a Cover Story ...

Thursday morning, our Vatican correspondent Joshua McElwee broke the story that the pope had agreed to establish a commission to study the possibility of women deacons in the church. It is significant ...

The new Cardinal, Timothy Radcliffe OP, wrote in the Osservatore Romano (Oct. 16): “I see the Spirit working in the Synod in his leading us into the fullness of truth.” Great! He is right! But will ...