In this episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen Dulle Gerard O’Connell unpack the pope’s comments and broader highlights of the interview.
Deacons
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
The Catholic Church doesn’t need transitional deacons.
Eliminating a seminary diaconate is not only possible but necessary for envisioning a mature and fully formed diaconate for the future.
Posted inFaith, Your Take
Is the diaconate the best way for the church to recognize the gifts of women?
In a piece published online in America in March, Katie Owens Mulcahy urged the church to “[recognize] the gifts of diaconal women all around us, inviting spirited debate from readers.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Women are doing the work of deacons all around us. Let’s recognize them.
What could be possible if the gifts of diaconal women were empowered through ordination?
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
How a deacon’s past as a taxi driver fuels his preaching
Deacon Steve Kramer preaches on the First Scrutiny for the Third Sunday in Lent, Year A, and reflects on how four summers shuttling people around gave him a crash-course in listening skills key to his development as a preacher.
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What the synod doc says about women, and what it could mean for the future of the church
The Synod on Synodality is good news for all the baptized, and in particular, it is good news for women.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
My daughters have hard questions about the church. Are women deacons the answer?
The movement for restoring women to the diaconate is steeped in love and faith, not activism or anger. It is not just a “women’s issue” but a human issue.
Posted inFaith, Letters
‘The call to priesthood comes from God, not from one’s body parts’: Reactions to Pope Francis’ comments on women’s ordination
A number of responses to Pope Francis’ interview with five representatives of America Media on Nov. 22, 2022 centered on the question of women’s ordination and women’s roles in the church. Here are five responses.
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Podcast: The church needs younger deacons—and older priests
It’s no secret that the priesthood in the United States is aging, quickly. But what if part of the solution to the priest shortage is actually ordaining more older priests?
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
‘God may be calling us’: Meet the women aspiring to become deacons
Many people who oppose the idea of women as deacons fear that the potential candidates aren’t faithful Catholics. That couldn’t be further from the truth.