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Pope Leo approves note on Vatican II document on interreligious dialogue quoting Benedict XVI’s controversial Regensburg speech

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Women Deacons

People wait for the Angelus by Pope Leo XIV on July 27 in St. Peter’s Square. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Vatican commission says ‘No’ to making women deacons

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Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

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

Synod participants look beyond ordination for women’s inclusion

Oct 22, 2024
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Vatican’s doctrinal czar fires back at criticism over women deacons

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Synod participants say process is about more than women’s issues

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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

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Synod working document skips women, LGBTQ+, married priests

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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

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