Articles tagged Female Diaconate

Australian bishop slams ‘small minority’ with ‘powerful voice’ pushing female deacons at Synod

Bishop Anthony Randazzo attributed advancement of the topic of female deacons at the synod as being 'because a small minority, with a large powerful Western voice, are obsessed with pushing this issue.'

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Oct 4, 2024Oct 4, 2024

Vatican declares ‘no room’ for female deacons but will ‘continue the work of in-depth study’

Cardinal Fernández updated the synod on the Vatican study amid continued calls from synod members for female deacons, or for a changed ministry to separate the diaconate from the priesthood.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Oct 3, 2024Oct 3, 2024

Pope Francis and Synod leaders defend event against criticism, say Church needs ‘reform’

Pope Francis defended the Synod on Synodality against critics at the event’s first meeting this month, while Cardinal Mario Grech hinted at unspecified ‘reform’ resulting from the Synod.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Oct 2, 2024Oct 3, 2024

Vatican confirms third study group is looking at issue of ‘female diaconate’

Cardinal Mario Grech, a supporter of ‘ordaining’ women to the diaconate, said Pope Francis has tasked the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith with looking into the theme of ‘female deacons.’

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Jul 9, 2024Jul 11, 2024

German laywomen demand ‘female deacons’ at cathedral liturgy with clown dance

Heretical German Catholic women called for ordination of ‘non-male people,’ including ‘intersex, trans, and non-binary people,’ at a women-led Liturgy of the Word in Speyer Cathedral where one woman danced as a clown.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Apr 30, 2024May 1, 2024

German prelate commissions 13 female ‘deacons in the spirit’ with support of bishops’ conference head

Bishop Ludger Schepers, the pro-LGBT auxiliary bishop of Essen, ‘commissioned’ 13 women who completed a training program with the ‘Women’s Diaconate Network,’ a heterodox group that promotes women’s ‘ordination.’

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Apr 22, 2024Apr 24, 2024

EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Müller calls Pope Francis’ homosexual ‘blessings’ an attack on marriage

‘Unfortunately we have a lot of bishops with a wrong understanding’ and who ‘have no theology of the Catholic theology,’ Cardinal Müller said.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Mar 26, 2024Mar 28, 2024

Top Synod cardinal says ‘females deacons’ are a ‘natural deepening of the Lord’s will’

Cardinal Mario Grech, one of the two leading cardinals in charge of Pope Francis’ Synod on Synodality, endorsed so-called ‘female deacons’ and ‘a different space for women in the Church.’

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Mar 22, 2024Mar 22, 2024

Archbishop Aguer: Javier Milei understands the dangers of feminism while Pope Francis promotes it

In his latest essay, Archbishop Emeritus Héctor Aguer notes how Argentine President Javier Milei criticizes feminism as the Francis pontificate pushes for a greater presence of women in decision-making circles.

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Archbishop Héctor Aguer

• Mar 15, 2024Mar 15, 2024

Cardinal McElroy: Synod could end link between diaconate and priesthood to allow ‘female deacons’

McElroy said Synod members discussed ‘perhaps ending the transitional diaconate,’ which he claimed ‘could make it easier’ to introduce so-called ‘women deacons,’ according to Crux.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Feb 21, 2024Feb 22, 2024

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Articles tagged Female Diaconate

Australian bishop slams ‘small minority’ with ‘powerful voice’ pushing female deacons at Synod

Vatican declares ‘no room’ for female deacons but will ‘continue the work of in-depth study’

Pope Francis and Synod leaders defend event against criticism, say Church needs ‘reform’

Vatican confirms third study group is looking at issue of ‘female diaconate’

German laywomen demand ‘female deacons’ at cathedral liturgy with clown dance

German prelate commissions 13 female ‘deacons in the spirit’ with support of bishops’ conference head

EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Müller calls Pope Francis’ homosexual ‘blessings’ an attack on marriage

Top Synod cardinal says ‘females deacons’ are a ‘natural deepening of the Lord’s will’

Archbishop Aguer: Javier Milei understands the dangers of feminism while Pope Francis promotes it

Cardinal McElroy: Synod could end link between diaconate and priesthood to allow ‘female deacons’