A Vatican report on women deacons published last week said that women could not be admitted to the diaconate. The document, a ...

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

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

A commission chosen by the late Pope Francis to study the possibility of women becoming deacons in the Catholic Church has ...

The report noted the subject of a female diaconate is of "significant complexity" and lacks "sufficient consensus." ...

A high-level Vatican commission voted against allowing Catholic women to serve as deacons, maintaining the global Church's ...

A commission set up by Pope Francis to study women deacons has voted against the possibility of ordaining women deacons while ...

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