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Colleen Dulle
Colleen Dulle is the Vatican Correspondent at America and co-hosts the "Inside the Vatican" podcast. She is the author of Struck Down, Not Destroyed: Keeping the Faith as a Vatican Reporter (Image, 2025).
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Cardinal Fernández faced tough questions at synod meeting on women’s ministries
Pope Francis’ doctrinal chief faced criticism for synod delegates over his office’s lack of diversity, clear communication and transparency when it comes to the question of women deacons.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
Sifting through the Book of Revelation (even when it’s puzzling)
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr, by Colleen Dulle
Posted inFaith, Features
Pope Francis’ Argentina: Lessons for the global church from the pope’s homeland
A trip to Argentina shows not only Francis’ legacy here, but also the model of ministry that shaped him.
Posted inFaith, Synod Diary
Synod Diary: The Vatican Curia is still learning synodality
There has been an alarming lack of transparency around the work of the synod’s ‘Study Group 5,’ tasked with examining, among other things, the subject of women deacons.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
‘Palpable outrage’: Synod delegates react to women deacons study group meeting
Around 100 synod delegates filed into the Vatican’s old synod hall yesterday afternoon seeking answers about the secretive Vatican-instituted study group that had, among other issues, been tasked with looking into the possibility of ordaining women deacons.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
Know justice, know peace
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time, by Colleen Dulle
Posted inFaith, Synod Diary
Synod Diary: At the synod’s ecumenical prayer service, a cry for unity in a world at war
The cry for peace and unity at the synod’s ecumenical vigil struck me as particularly moving at a time of war that has exacerbated the fractures between the three “People of the Book”—Christians, Jews and Muslims.
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Secretive Synod study group says no to women deacons
Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, the Vatican’s doctrine chief, announced today that “based on the analysis so far…there is still no room for a positive decision” on ordaining women deacons.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
Ecclesiastes tells us that we will never understand
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Vincent de Paul, by Colleen Dulle