INDIANAPOLIS—After resisting the idea for more than three decades, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis has ordained its first class of deacons, taking some pressure off overworked priests ...
Roman Catholic Women Priests offer hope to Catholics that women priests and deacons are here now available to serve a renewed, inclusive church of equals. Roman Catholic Women Priests are leading the ...
Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests to Ordain Priests and Deacons from Spain, France and U.S. in Historic Ordination in Rome on October 17, 2024 to foster Gender Equality in Ordained Ministry ...
Phyllis Zagano was sitting in the dining hall at the Santa Marta residence at the Vatican when Pope Francis came up to her and other members of a commission he named to study the issue of bringing ...
According to The National Catholic Reporter, Pope Francis opened up the possibility of the Roman Catholic Church allowing female deacons Thursday, something that has not been allowed since the very ...
Von George, who became an ordained Roman Catholic deacon less than one month ago in a moving ceremony at the Allentown Diocese’s cathedral, has died after a battle with cancer. The diocese moved up ...
On the back wall of Dolores Mission Church in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles hangs a painting that depicts the assassination of the Salvadoran archbishop Oscar Romero. "I remember me as ...
ALBANY — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany has banned a deacon from active ministry after an investigation into allegations he sexually abused a minor in the early 1990s prior to his ordination.