Catholic deacons can preside over baptisms, weddings and funerals, but only priests can celebrate mass. Ordaining women deacons was a "fringe proposal pushed by Western progressives" before the ...

(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 ...

Shia LaBeouf, the Hollywood star, is considering becoming a Catholic deacon after finding God while working on a film. The actor converted to Catholicism after working on a film about the 20th ...

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.

In fact, according to a copy of the draft obtained by the Register, there was no mention of the possibility of women deacons at all ... laypeople to co-govern the Catholic Church in Germany.

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 ...

NORTH MIAMI, Fla. – A deacon that also taught at a Catholic school in North Miami was arrested Wednesday after being accused of molesting two female juveniles on church grounds in March ...

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

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 ...

Ted Ebner, coordinator of prison ministry for the Diocese of Phoenix, has words of advice for any adult interested in ...

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 ...