For the first time in centuries the ordination of women is on the table in the Roman Catholic Church. It has arisen as a real possibility through the Synod on Synodality, which was launched by Pope ...

A Hofstra University professor is at the forefront of a new push that could help transform the 1.3 billion-member Roman Catholic Church: allowing women to serve as deacons and perform some of the same ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Broome County now has four new deacons who will preach, serve on the altar during Mass, and comfort people at hospitals and ...

Hofstra University Professor Phyllis Zagano has devoted most of her life to researching and advocating for making women deacons in the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Francis even appointed her to a ...

Those who reject papal authority are already out the door. The women who have given up hoping for change are on the way out, ...

While the rest of us were indulging in the excesses of the last bit of the holiday season, Shia LaBeouf celebrated the end of 2023 by officially declaring his spiritual commitment to the Roman ...

The discernment about women's participation in the church, particularly the discernment about restoring women to the diaconate, challenges even Pope Francis to follow the synodal process of listening ...

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 ...

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 ...