ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE – Pope Francis said Tuesday that an international commission of scholars has failed to reach a definitive conclusion about whether women were ordained as deacons in the early ...

Georg Baetzing, Bishop of Limburg and Chairman of the German Bishops' Conference, speaks during a press conference. Arne Dedert/dpa Despite opposition from the Vatican, German Bishop Georg Bätzing ...

Next week’s ordination of 23 new Catholic deacons has been postponed after one of the candidates may have exposed the entire group to the coronavirus, Archdiocese of Newark officials said. The June 27 ...

During the in-flight press conference, Pope Francis revealed that some in the Vatican commission have concluded that historically the female diaconate was different from the role of male deacons, ...

The priestly ordination of Deacon James Chomithung Ezung was solemnly held on December 29 at Longsa Village Ground, Wokha ...

The Priestly Ordination of Deacon James Chomithung Ezung was solemnly held on December 29, at Longsa Village Ground under ...

Pope Francis talks to reporters on his flight back to Rome, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Francis made the first-ever papal visit to North Macedonia on Tuesday and sought to encourage its efforts to integrate ...