Ask a permanent deacon about his primary role in the Catholic Church, and he'll tell you it's to serve the poor, the sick, the imprisoned and the lonely. But in a church that is faced with a steady ...

Perhaps someday, the Catholic Church will allow women to serve as deacons. But that time, a Vatican commission has decided, is not now. “In light of Sacred Scripture, Tradition, and ecclesiastical ...

Those who've been advocating for women deacons in the Catholic Church are taking stock of the possibility under the papacy of Pope Leo XIV. Women who want to be Catholic deacons are hopeful about Pope ...

While “women deacons” are not formally up for discussion at the Synod on Synodality assembly this month, the official Vatican press conference for the synod on Monday showcased a female delegate who ...

As Lent began on Ash Wednesday (March 5), Catholic women frustrated over being disenfranchised by the church despite promises of greater recognition are going on strike, withholding numerous services ...

The Catholic Church in Iowa is facing a severe priest shortage. Leaders are proposing grouping some churches together to share a priest while closing others. Years ago we tried a similar plan. It didn ...

On the back wall of Dolores Mission Church in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles hangs a painting that depicts the assassination of the Salvadoran archbishop Oscar Romero. "I remember me as ...