When asked what it was like watching his father become a deacon in the Catholic Church in 2020, Nathan Blanchard reflected on ...

The U.S. representative of a women's ordination movement said she is encouraged by people praying that the Catholic Church will open the priesthood to all who feel called to the ministry — ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In the first week of February, the Vatican department that oversees Catholic Church doctrine accepted written testimonies about women in the church whose experience conforms with ...

Bishop Robert Brennan ordained four men to the transitional diaconate during a ceremony at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Dunwoodie ...

However, he underscored that the Pontiff “is very concerned” about the role of women in the Church and therefore called for further reflection “without concentrating on holy orders.” “Rushing to ask ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM)– Midstate Pennsylvania will soon have three new Priests, according to the Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg. The Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg says Bishop Timothy C. Senior will ...

The Most Rev. Sithembele Sipuka, the president of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference,in August questioned the ongoing discussion on the ordination of women to the diaconate but proposed ...

Midland native Charles Warner of the Catholic Diocese of Saginaw was ordained to the transitional diaconate on Thursday, Oct. 2, at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. Warner, a seminarian and ...