(1) When the Mass is sung by a bishop, assisted by a deacon and sub-deacon ... A Requiem Mass is one said in black vestments and with special prayers for the dead. A Nuptial Mass is one said ...

The synod concluded without movement on the question of women deacons, but kept the issue open. That was frustrating to advocates but also has helped some remain hopeful.

At Holy Angels Cathedral, Bishop Robert McClory, of the Catholic Diocese of Gary, ordained the latest class of men to become permanent deacons. In the Catholic Church, the diaconate is the first ...

25—When she comes up to the altar rail to receive a blessing during Communion while wearing her clerical vestments, the Rev. Anne Tropeano ... was automatically excommunicated from the Roman Catholic ...

"He doesn’t want the stress of being involved creatively, and we respect that," May added of Deacon's hands-off approach to his role in the group today Michael Putland/Getty; Dave Benett/Getty ...

Cardinal Walter Kasper, a respected German theologian and a longtime conservative voice at the Vatican, told a German church ...

The idea of women serving as Catholic priests has not been seriously discussed. But women ordained as deacons could fill the gap, performing baptisms, witnessing marriages, presiding at funerals ...

(RNS) — The issue of women deacons had been a major theme of the current Vatican synod on how to make the Catholic Church more welcoming and transparent. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The head of the ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The number of Catholics and permanent deacons in the world rose in ... 39.5% and 26% of the population are baptized Catholic respectively. In Africa 19.7% of the population ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Vatican City and Rome A monthlong meeting of Catholic bishops and lay ... of whether women could be ordained as deacons, the church said the possibility ...

Keywords: synod on synodality women's ordination women deacons lgbtq Jonathan Liedl Jonathan Liedl is senior editor for the Register. His background includes state Catholic conference work ...

When she comes up to the altar rail to receive a blessing during Communion while wearing her clerical vestments ... excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church after being ordained as a priest ...