Articles tagged Female Diaconate

Two Female Deacon Commission members propose separation of priesthood, Church governance

Professor Anne-Marie Pelletier and Father Santiago del Cura Elena are part of a commission established in April 2020 by Pope Francis in the wake of the October 2019 Pan-Amazon Synod in Rome.

• Jul 16, 2020Jul 30, 2021

EWTN’s ‘papal posse’ criticizes Pope’s establishment of yet another female deacon commission

Canon lawyer Father Gerald Murray said the new commission shouldn't have been formed since it calls into question the truth that 'women can't be made deacons'

• Apr 17, 2020Jul 23, 2021

‘Women cannot become priests’: Cardinal Müller

Ordination is just not simply a ministry that anyone can aspire to.

• Apr 14, 2020Jul 23, 2021

Pope Francis appoints another commission to study female deacons

Pope Francis has reopened the investigation into the possibility of women’s ordination as deacons.

Dorothy Cummings McLean

• Apr 8, 2020Jun 18, 2021

President of German Bishops’ Conference signals openness to female ‘deacons’

'A very powerful demeanor is needed here,' Bishop Bätzing said of the push for female 'deacons.'

• Mar 9, 2020Jun 18, 2021

New book by Pope Benedict, Cdl Sarah rules out female deacons

The impossibility of female deacons has already been 'settled definitively' by Saint John Paul II, wrote Cardinal Sarah

• Jan 13, 2020Jun 18, 2021

Cardinal Kasper: Pope Francis feels called to ‘change’ Church, door will ‘open’ to women at altar

Pope Francis feels called by the Holy Spirit to “change” the Church, Kasper said.

Martin M. Barillas

• Dec 12, 2019Jun 18, 2021

Dutch bishop joins statement calling for Pope to repent of Pachamama idolatry at Amazon Synod

Bishop Robert Mutsaerts also called the Amazon Synod 'the most politically correct meeting of all time.'

Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent

• Nov 18, 2019Jun 18, 2021

Meet the female ‘pastors’ who dress and act like priests in Netherlands’ dying Catholic church

These female pastoral workers dress and often act like priests in the running of Dutch parishes.

Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent

• Nov 8, 2019Jun 18, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: LifeSiteNews translates Final Document of the Synod on the Amazon into English

LifeSiteNews presents a full translation of the Amazon Synod's final document.

Martin M. Barillas and Matthew Cullinan Hoffman and Dorothy Cummings McLean

• Nov 5, 2019Jun 18, 2021