A Vatican study group formerly expected to address questions surrounding the possibility of women serving as deacons in the Catholic Church will not take up the issue, according to one of several ...

If Cardinal Mario Grech held nearly any office other than the one he does, his recent comments in favor of the female diaconate and against the need for “uniformity of thought” in the universal Church ...

Xavière Missionary Sister Nathalie Becquart, undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops, speaks at an Oct. 21, 2024, press briefing about the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican. Credit: CNS photo/Lola Gomez ...

Synod members, along with Pope Francis, attend the morning session in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Oct. 15, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) Around 100 synod delegates filed into the Vatican’s ...

The Vatican published Tuesday the names of the members of 15 study groups doing deeper analyses on questions such as women deacons, the ministry of bishops, and synodal formation for future priests, ...

The Vatican’s synod office has said that final reports from Synod on Synodality study groups — including opinions on women deacons and controversial doctrinal issues such as LGBT inclusion — have been ...

Leaders of the 10 study groups formed out of the 2021–2024 Synod on Synodality met on Tuesday morning to discuss open questions, methodology, challenges, and the delivery of reports, according to a ...