Next week’s ordination of 23 new Catholic deacons has been postponed after one of the candidates may have exposed the entire group to the coronavirus, Archdiocese of Newark officials said.

Bishop James F. Checchio will ordain three men, all natives of the Diocese of Metuchen, whom are preparing for eventual service in the priesthood, as deacons during a Mass of the Rite of Ordination.

Phoebe, Amproukla, Olympias, Helaria, Radegund, Anna, Theodora, Ausonia, Sigolena, Emengaud, Matrona, Euphemia. These are not the most common baby girl names in 2016 ...

For the first time in centuries the ordination of women is on the table in the Roman Catholic Church. It has arisen as a real possibility through the Synod on Synodality, which was launched by Pope ...

METUCHEN - Bishop James F. Checchio will ordain eight men, three of whom are preparing for eventual service to the priesthood, as deacons during a Mass of the Rite of Ordination. The ordination ...

A transitional deacon is the final step before the ordination of a priest, usually a year later. ... What: Ordination to the priesthood of Deacon Patrick May. When: 10 a.m. June 1.

While Vatican officials have taken a decision about the ordination of women deacons off the agenda of the Synod on Synodality in October, 2024, we come to Rome to ordain three women priests: ...