Discussions over women becoming deacons, who are ordained and can assist with services but cannot celebrate Mass, have ...

A Vatican-appointed commission says current church teaching does not allow women to be ordained as Catholic deacons.

Pope Leo's selection had spurred optimism that the Church's stance on female deacons might change. That was not to be the ...

The Second Vatican Council, which after three years of dialogue and document drafting closed on Dec. 8, 1965, changed the ...

ROME -- A second Vatican study commission has determined that women should not be ordained as deacons, dealing another ...

But a papal commission examining the question said further study was required, and advised that women should be given other ...

The group was split 5-5 on a statement that held Jesus' masculinity and that of all who receive holy orders "is not ...

Women now hold roles that shape the Church’s global mission —from selecting bishops to overseeing humanitarian initiatives.

Parishioners are calling for Mother of Sorrows in Ashtabula to be reopened after the Diocese of Youngstown formally announced ...

The opinion by the head of a commission charged with considering the question in effect states that the Catholic Church ...

The anniversary offers an opportunity to reflect not just on what the document says, but on the young papacy of Leo XIV.

Holy Apostles in Jamestown and Our Lady Peace in Clarence will remain freestanding parishes after a ruling from the Vatican, ...