It was the most electric thing I have ever experienced inside the walls of a Catholic church,” one protester recalls.

Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez ordained the men during a Mass May 10 at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul.

"It's been an unbelievable week, obviously, for all of us," said Mark Duffey, who was ordained as a deacon at St. Thomas of Villanova Parish in Palatine.

In a heartfelt ceremony Tuesday night, Quinton Thomas was ordained a transitional deacon at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church ...

Permanent deacons who minister in the Diocese of Rochester and elsewhere are celebrating milestone anniversaries of ordination in 2025.

Seven men will be ordained transitional deacons for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on May 10 at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul. Watch the livestream of the Mass here.

Archbishop Richard G. Henning ordained six men to the priesthood at Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Here's Connecticut native ...

the former Rome bureau chief of Catholic News Service and the author of "The Vatican Diaries." Opponents of women deacons see it "as a steppingstone to women priests, or women's ordination," he added.