Discussions over women becoming deacons, who are ordained and can assist with services but cannot celebrate Mass, have convulsed the 1.4 billion-member Church.

A second Vatican study commission has determined that women should not be ordained as deacons. The Vatican on Thursday took the unusual step of publishing a synthesis of the commission’s findings, including the members’ votes on specific theological questions.

Through the new chirograph Vinculum Unitatis et Caritatis, the Holy Father is eliminating the current Commissio de Donationibus (Donations Commission) structure created in February by Pope Francis to raise funds, which was approved “ad experimentum” (for temporary or provisional use) for three years.

The purely historical perspective does not allow us to arrive at any definitive certainty,” a Vatican report concluded. “In the final analysis, the question must be decided on the doctrinal level.”

Leo on Thursday formally suppressed the fundraising commission, abrogated its statutes and fired its members. He decreed that its assets would go to the Holy See as a whole, and that the Vatican patrimony office would oversee the commission’s extinction.

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

Jail fees and homeless issues in the coming colder months dominated discussions Monday at the Wood County Commission. Commissioners and local coordinators are being proactive to get a centralized information and referral system in place ahead of the cold weather,

Key witness in the Madlanga Commission, identified as Witness D, was tragically shot dead in front of his wife and children in Brakpan.

Witness D” – who detailed grim allegations of a murder cover-up, implicating suspended Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi – has been shot and killed in an apparent assassination.

The Deer Baiting Privilege License and Threatened and Endangered Species rules now move to the Tennessee Attorney General and Joint Government Operations before becoming final,” the TWRA said.

The White House is expected to submit plans for its new ballroom to a federal planning commission this month, about three months after construction began.