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Pilgrims turn Spain’s Santiago de Compostela into the world’s latest overtourism flashpoint

Women Deacons

In the end, Pope Francis steered his synod toward a soft landing

Oct 27, 2024
John L. Allen Jr.

Sister Nathalie Becquart, undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Synod participants look beyond ordination for women’s inclusion

Oct 22, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

Vatican’s doctrinal czar fires back at criticism over women deacons

Oct 21, 2024
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Synod participants say process is about more than women’s issues

Oct 8, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

As synod opens, Vatican says ‘no’ to women deacons

Oct 3, 2024
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Deacon Willard Witherspoon distributes Communion during Mass at St. Peter Claver Church in Baltimore in this 2016 file photo. (Credit: Bob Roller/CNS.)

African Church reflects on the possibility of ordaining women as deacons

Jul 31, 2024
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Top Asian prelate says synod will seek ‘rightful place’ for women in the Church

Jul 13, 2024
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Synod working document skips women, LGBTQ+, married priests

Jul 9, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

Bishops attend a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis for the closing of the 16th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Oct. 29, 2023. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Vatican says women deacons, not celibacy, on docket for synod

Mar 15, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

Participants in the Synod of Bishops on Synodality meet in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall on Oct. 13, 2023. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Belgian bishops reportedly back women deacons, end to priestly celibacy

Feb 21, 2024
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