“It was the most electric thing I have ever experienced inside the walls of a Catholic church,” one protester ... women could someday be ordained as deacons, the step before the priesthood.

The Accra Archdiocese of the Catholic Church has ... sacramental and liturgical.” The Church went on to list the following for one to become a permanent deacon: i. Must fulfil those requirements ...

(Domenico Stinellis / AP) VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes ... priests, deacons, nuns, a Peruvian ...

“I’m ecstatic,” said Alec Maddox, 32, a consultant who lives in San Diego, although he and his two brothers, Tommy, 30, and Jack, 28, admitted they didn’t know too much about the new Pope Leo XIV, ...

“I am shocked,” said Joe Brodeur, 27, a deacon from Providence ... his Protestant organization’s relationship with the Catholic Church. “I think the choice shows there was probably ...

That said, it is possible to list some of the candidates ... and favors a greater role for women in the Church, but is opposed to ordaining women as deacons or priests. Cardinal Willem Eijk ...

Continuing Francis’ trend of caring more about sins of greed and wrath and less about sins of lust is at the top of my wish-list ... hope he will shape the Catholic Church and the world?

Update: American Cardinal Robert Prevost has been chosen as the new pope and took the name Leo XIV — the first pope in history from the United States. Pope Francis' death on April 21, the day ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of peace ... bishops, priests, deacons, nuns, married couples ...

DALLAS - Millions ... leadership of the Catholic Church," wrote Gov. Greg Abbott in a statement. "It with great joy and deep gratitude to God I join my brother priests, deacons, religious, all ...