Advocates for women's ordination — to the diaconate, the priesthood or both — say they are hopeful about the upcoming synod in Rome, despite some high-profile opposition to the possibility of expanded ...

This month marked the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote in the United States. Seventy years of protest and consciousness-raising made it happen in 1920. The Catholic church moves even slower, ...

VANCOUVER, Wash.—Deacon Carl Anderson, whose bearded and patriarchal face adorns the Archdiocese of Seattle's new diaconate handbook, is the epitome of a permanent deacon. The 74-year-old retired ...

ALLENTOWN – Three Schuylkill County men were among 15 deacons ordained on Sept. 14 at the Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena, the Allentown Catholic Diocese announced. Bishop Alfred Schlert ...

The synod on synodality is exploding ideas all over the church. Some on the extreme right hope for Tridentine Masses. Some on the far left hope for changes in teachings on sex and gender. Folks in the ...

PITTSTON: The Rev. Wallace E. Smith, pastor of New Covenant Christian Fellowship Church, Wilkes-Barre, and the Rev. James H. Breese, pastor of First Baptist Church, Pittston, will conduct a special ...

Oct. 22—PLATTSBURGH — Transitional Deacon Leagon Carlin is re-immersed in his studies at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md. Thirteen days ago, he and his father, Deacon James Carlin, were ...

The 5½-year wait for Paul Patrick Márquez ended Oct. 1 before a packed Holy Spirit Catholic Church as he joined 16 other men in becoming ordained as deacons in the Diocese of Fresno. Following a ...