Tag: Women Deacons
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Association of US Catholic Priests passes resolutions
Resolutions were rejected asking permission to use the 1974 Sacramentary and calling for discussion of women and married men in the priesthood.
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Head of German Bishops’ Conference on Office of Female Deacons – UPDATED
Archbishop Zollitsch said that the Catholic Church could only regain credibility and strength by committing to reform.
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Cardinal Kasper Calls for Creation of New Office of “Deaconess”
This would be distinct from the office of male deacons, to be commissioned by a blessing rather than sacramental ordination.
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Priest pushes for women deacons
Fr. Bill Tkachuk at St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Evanston, Illinois, is pushing for discussion on the ordination of women to the diaconate – a question which is still open at the level of official teaching.