There is a battle raging in the Catholic Church ... did launch two commissions looking into whether women could become deacons. The work of the commissions has not been published.

By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Vatican City and Rome A monthlong meeting of Catholic bishops and lay ... of whether women could be ordained as deacons, the church said the possibility ...

There is a battle raging in the Catholic Church, with some believing the very soul ... But the Pope did launch two commissions looking into whether women could become deacons. The work of the ...

The synod concluded without movement on the question of women deacons, but kept the issue open. That was frustrating to advocates but also has helped some remain hopeful.

A major Vatican meeting gathering clerics and laity across the globe to discuss the future of the Catholic Church closes this weekend, thwarting discussion of women becoming priests or deacons in ...

Cardinal Walter Kasper, a respected German theologian and a longtime conservative voice at the Vatican, told a German church ...

yet do the lion’s share of the work running Catholic hospitals and schools and passing the faith onto future generations. Deacons perform many of the same functions as priests, such as presiding ...