Italian bishops call for ‘research’ into female diaconate
The least-supported proposal that still received approval at the Italian bishops' synod calls for 'research projects' to explore the question of the female diaconate.
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Articles tagged Female Diaconate
Controversial Synod study groups delay reporting on findings by 6 months
All ten groups had been due to issue their reports by the end of June, but due to the death of Pope Francis and the ensuing conclave they have had a six-month extension.
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Cardinal Kasper again pushes ‘women deacons’ as ‘helpful pastorally’
The much misrepresented 'female deacons' of the early Church were not in fact deacons as understood today, and were certainly not ordained to any ministry.
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Cardinal Burke: Synodality is not a ‘mark of the Church,’ final proposals are ‘dangerous’
In response to the Synod on Synodality, Cardinal Raymond burke said Catholics 'should be devoting our energy to the proclamation of the truth about human life, about human nature, human sexuality, marriage, the family, religious freedom.'
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Cardinal Kasper calls for women ‘deacons,’ contradicting Church teaching on holy orders
Cardinal Walter Kasper made a personal appeal for the female diaconate, following the Synod on Synodality’s openness to it, also adding that prohibiting women from holy orders is ‘problematic.’
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Synod’s final text includes openness to female deacons after draft version’s silence
No mention of female deacons was included in the draft report issued to the synod participants, according to a report, but amendments were then made to the final document.
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Cardinal Fernández says question of female deacons is not closed, citing Pope Francis
While the Catholic Church prohibits the ordination of women, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández said that Pope Francis does not wish to close discussion on the issue.
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German bishop says women ‘preach’ in his diocese after Vatican puts brakes on female deacons
Calling for female deacons, Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck told journalists on Tuesday that ‘unless we change’ existing structures within the Catholic Church, ‘we will no longer have priests in our parishes … very soon.’
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Cardinal Fernández says no to female deacons ‘today’ but urges ‘step-by-step’ moves for women in Church
The Church’s teaching does not permit women's ordination, but while the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith ruled out the female diaconate, he appeared to do so only on a temporary basis
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Synodality is the common thread linking the many controversies of the Francis pontificate
As Cardinal Joseph Tobin stated in 2021, 'synodality is, in fact, the long-game of Pope Francis.' The process of 'listening and dialogue' leading to doctrinal revolution and relativism is the string which ties together not just previous synods, but the last 11 years.
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