Leaders of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts on Saturday ordained five women as deacons, welcoming them into ministry as the church prepares next month to mark the 50th anniversary of the first ...

Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests to Ordain Priests and Deacons from Spain, France and U.S. in Historic Ordination in Rome on October 17, 2024 to foster Gender Equality in Ordained Ministry ...

Five Westmoreland County men are set to become permanent deacons this weekend with the Diocese of Greensburg. Their ordination will take place at a 10 a.m. Mass Saturday at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral ...

Newly Ordained Deacons from First Baptist Church. From left: Jean Panzitta, Gail Nossavage, David Miller, Joseph Stemba, Dorothy Miller, and Jane Lussi. Absent from photo Kenneth Jordan. Photo by Sam ...

Altar servers from the Pontifical North American College carry candles and the crucifix in procession during the ordination of eight deacons from the U.S. seminary in St Peter's Basilica at the ...

Next week’s ordination of 23 new Catholic deacons has been postponed after one of the candidates may have exposed the entire group to the coronavirus, Archdiocese of Newark officials said. The June 27 ...

The synod on synodality is exploding ideas all over the church. Some on the extreme right hope for Tridentine Masses. Some on the far left hope for changes in teachings on sex and gender. Folks in the ...

Georg Baetzing, Bishop of Limburg and Chairman of the German Bishops' Conference, speaks during a press conference. Arne Dedert/dpa Despite opposition from the Vatican, German Bishop Georg Bätzing ...

A Brazilian bishop has called for the ordination of women to the diaconate for service in the Amazon region. The bishop said that 2009 revisions to canon law could allow for the ordination of women ...

The bishop of Nigeria’s Diocese of Lokoja has withdrawn the ordination certificates of four men he ordained as deacons July 12 after it was revealed he had been presented with allegedly forged ...