ROME -- A second Vatican study commission has determined that women should not be ordained as deacons, dealing another ...

Discussions over women becoming deacons, who are ordained and can assist with services but cannot celebrate Mass, have ...

Women should not be ordained as deacons, a second Vatican study commission has determined, dealing another setback to Catholic women who hope one day to be able to preside at weddings, baptisms and ...

But a papal commission examining the question said further study was required, and advised that women should be given other ...

A commission chosen by the late Pope Francis to study the possibility of women becoming deacons in the Catholic Church has ...

A high-level Vatican commission has voted against allowing Catholic women to serve as deacons, a decision that upholds the ...