(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 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 ...
Photo courtesy of OSV News. Molly Cahill: Women deacons. They are the subject of a growing debate in the Catholic Church. So much so, that Pope Francis established multiple Vatican commissions to ...
Pope Francis sits down exclusively with "CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O'Donnell at the Vatican on April 24, 2024, for an interview ahead of the Vatican's inaugural World Children's Day. (OSV News ...
"I am certainly willing to continue to listen to people" about the topic of women deacons, Pope Leo XIV Leo told an American journalist in an interview for a book. He is seen leading the Angelus ...
A group of pilgrims left the Eternal City Oct. 7, saying they are returning home to continue the push for women to answer their spiritual call as deacons. One of them, a Franciscan sister, said the ...
Pope Francis has made it perfectly clear that he opposes ordaining women as deacons. Although I disagree with him, I accept that we are not going to see female deacons during his pontificate. But if ...