Deacon Sal Heredia, 50, ordained May 16, serves at St. John Vianney Parish in San Jose, California. As he nears retirement ...

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 ...

Archbishop José H. Gomez called on the new deacons to be a sign to those whose hearts are “divided” and who have “stopped ...

Pope Francis expressed firm opposition to the idea of ordaining Catholic women as deacons in a new U.S. television interview, raising doubts about the possibility that the ongoing three-year synodal ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the renewal of the diaconate as a permanent vocation in the Latin Church. Above, Deacon Greg Kandra blesses the faithful with the Blessed Sacrament in the ...

Seminarians from the Pontifical North American College at their ordination to the diaconate in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Sept. 28, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) This essay is a Cover Story ...

The ordination of female deacons is no longer on the agenda during a global assembly at the Vatican, but will be discussed separately. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Vatican City Pope Francis ...

(RNS) — Pope Francis has made perfectly clear that he is opposed to ordaining women as deacons. Although I disagree with him, I accept that we are not going to see women deacons during his pontificate ...

While the rest of us were indulging in the excesses of the last bit of the holiday season, Shia LaBeouf celebrated the end of 2023 by officially declaring his spiritual commitment to the Roman ...

(RNS) — Anyone looking for a quick answer from Leo XIV — a canon lawyer, bishop, Vatican department head and White Sox fan — will have to wait. (RNS) — Yes, our new pope said something about women ...