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 ...
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 ...
The Vatican has published the final report of the synod study group examining women's participation in the Church, which calls for expanded roles for women in Church governance and leadership in roles ...
The report denounces “male chauvinism" and “clericalism,” making the case that in his brief pontificate, Pope Leo XIV has ...
The General Secretariat of the Synod has released the final report of Study Group 5 on Women's participation in the life and ...
A meeting four years in the making said the ordination of women required further study, but it called for women to have more leadership roles, even in seminaries. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from ...
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, ...