(RNS) — After more than five decades of looking at survey research, I am rarely surprised by the results when I look at a new poll. The recent Pew Research Center survey of Latin American Catholics, ...

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

Pope Leo XIV ordered the release of the Summary of the Study Commission on the Female Diaconate last week, marking a new low ...

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

"We're here with a very clear message for the Vatican, 'Don't kick the can down the road on women's ministries'". :: Pope Francis was hosting the Synod nearby, which has postponed action on the topic ...

The women meet all the requirements except one: they're not men. As deacons, they could preach at Mass and preside over baptisms, weddings and funerals.

‘What happens when we put too much emphasis on this question is that we forget about what women, for the most part, throughout the world, need,’ said theologian Renée Köhler-Ryan, who is a wife and ...

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

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) - In an emotional ceremony filled with tears and applause, a 70-year-old Kentucky woman was ordained a priest on Saturday as part of a dissident group operating outside ...

Priests and women religious who either were from Auburn or served there were honored during a Saints Next Door Dinner.