Tag: Women Deacons

After the first assembly of the synod on synodality in 2023, Pope Francis set up 10 study groups to reflect more deeply on some of the most controversial or complicated questions raised during the synod process. Opening the diaconate to women and ensuring they have decision-making roles in the church was one of those questions.

I think that satisfying the desire of a very small group of affluent women who want the diaconate for themselves for personal reasons is not enough of a reason to upend 2,000 years of church teaching. And thankfully this time round, Pope Francis agrees with me, writes Dr Philippa Martyr.

The ordination of a deaconess in the Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa has piqued interest in the western media, but it doesn’t necessarily follow that the Roman Catholic church will, or should, do the same.

Women reported that a distressing day which disrupted and altered the Plenary Council process left them ultimately with a sense of hope that unity...

Can women be ordained as permanent deacons in the Catholic Church? And if they can, should this happen? I will save you all worrying, because...