The discernment about women's participation in the church, particularly the discernment about restoring women to the diaconate, challenges even Pope Francis to follow the synodal process of listening ...

Zagano’s scholarship deserves serious engagement, but I believe her argument gives historical reconstruction a theological weight it cannot bear and treats the diaconate with insufficient attention to ...

Winston Churchill famously said, "Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it." If the Catholic Church forgets history, it is simply doomed. Pope Francis recently issued a letter "On the Renewal ...

In the heart of the Church’s synodal journey, an essential voice calls, awaiting recognition. The voice of the diaconate remains notably absent in the ongoing dialogue of the Synod on Synodality and ...

A woman holds a sign in support of women deacons in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Nov. 6, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) The final report of the recently concluded second session of the Synod on ...

Women deacons have become the subject of a growing debate in the Catholic Church. During his papacy, Pope Francis has established two papal commissions and one synod study group to investigate the ...

The Vatican’s Synod on Synodality is seeking to discern the Church’s path in fostering a culture of dialogue and participation among its global community. The process will unfold over a two-year ...

When the Christian church was growing in size, the Apostles found it becoming more and more difficult to serve everyone’s needs. This led to all kinds of conflict in the early Christian community, as ...

As Malaysians celebrated the ties that bind the nation, four men knelt before the altar to dedicate their lives to the ...

There are few easy jobs in the typical congregation and plenty of really difficult ones. My candidate for the hardest elected position is chairman of deacons. The absolute toughest and most critical, ...

(RNS) — The church depends on donations from nations whose better off have been educated on the baptismal equality of all persons. (RNS) — Winston Churchill famously said, “Those who forget history ...