Pope Francis said he wanted to respond to a “storm of chattering” that had developed around his expansion of synod membership.
Women in the Church
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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.
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Why the Synod on Synodality is working, from the perspective of a lay delegate
On this week’s episode of “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Zac share a “conversation in the Spirit” with Linda Staudt, a lay delegate from Canada who was selected to participate in the 2023 and 2024 Synod of Bishops.
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Pew: Latin American Catholics favor birth control, married and women priests, and Pope Francis
A new survey indicates that many Catholics in Latin America and the U.S. favor allowing women to become priests, with a number also supporting marriage for priests, birth control, same-sex marriage recognition and holy Communion for unmarried couples living together.
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South African bishop on ordination: No to women, yes to married men.
“If women are doing practically everything that a deacon is doing … [why] do we want to draw women into clericalism when we are having so many problems with it?”
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How St. Phoebe is helping us hear more women’s voices in homilies
Ellie Hidalgo joins “Preach” host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., to explore St. Phoebe’s diaconal ministry and its implications for ongoing debates around women’s ordination to the diaconate.
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What does Pope Francis’ ‘no’ mean for the Catholic debate over women deacons?
Any decision requires some development in the church’s understanding of the tradition.
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Transcript: The history (and potential future) of women deacons
Women deacons have become the subject of a growing debate in the Catholic Church.
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The debate on women deacons in the Catholic Church: A short documentary
America Media has released a video explainer about the state of the women deacons question. It looks at the history of women deacons and raises the key theological questions in the debate.
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Sister Theresa Kane, who challenged St. John Paul II on women’s roles in the church, dies at 87
“Theresa’s ministry was about truth-speaking,” Sister Susan Sanders said in a statement. “Truth-speaking about women’s desire for full inclusion in the Church; and truth-speaking to Church leaders like Pope John Paul II.”