Sylvia Loumeau, director of clinical and social work services for Catholic Charities of South Jersey, talks about the ...

the Vatican department that oversees Catholic Church doctrine accepted written testimonies about women in the church whose experience conforms with those called to be deacons — a ministry rooted ...

He seems to have slammed shut the door to recovering the church’s tradition on deacons, simultaneously enabling the international walkout of women and men from Catholicism. Yes, the Catholic ...

Catholic deacons can preside over baptisms, weddings and funerals, but only priests can celebrate mass. Ordaining women deacons was a "fringe proposal pushed by Western progressives" before the ...

Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers celebrates Mass alongside Catholic clergy.(Photo: Courtesy photo) But all that changed after meeting a particular woman, the deacon reminisced. “I left after meeting ...

Bishop Dennis Sullivan poses for a photo with the men called to holy orders for the permanent diaconate. From left, ...

Thomas L. McDonald serves as a deacon in the Diocese of Trenton, where his ministries include catechesis and consolation. He writes at An Owl Among the Ruins and Weird Catholic.

The article begins with a description of a Catholic deacon, of whom Wright writes, “He wasn’t her lawyer. His assignment was to help her live until she had to die.” Wright joined Texas ...

As Lent began, Catholic women frustrated over being disenfranchised by the church despite promises of greater recognition are ...