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 ...
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 ...
(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 ...
The synod could change whether women can be ordained as deacons or priests. These women are hopeful.
Advocates for women's ordination — to the diaconate, the priesthood or both — say they are hopeful about the upcoming synod in Rome, despite some high-profile opposition to the possibility of expanded ...
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 ...
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 ...
For the first time in centuries the ordination of women is on the table in the Roman Catholic Church. It has arisen as a real possibility through the Synod on Synodality, which was launched by Pope ...
As Malaysians celebrated the ties that bind the nation, four men knelt before the altar to dedicate their lives to the ...
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 ...
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