Discussions over women becoming deacons, who are ordained and can assist with services but cannot celebrate Mass, have ...

Pope Leo's selection had spurred optimism that the Church's stance on female deacons might change. That was not to be the ...

The opinion by the head of a commission charged with considering the question in effect states that the Catholic Church ...

ROME -- A second Vatican study commission has determined that women should not be ordained as deacons, dealing another ...

Indigenous leaders waited on the snowy tarmac at Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Saturday as the precious cargo was unloaded from an Air Canada jet.

A Vatican-appointed commission says current church teaching does not allow women to be ordained as Catholic deacons.

As the church commemorates 60 years since the closing of Vatican II, here are seven key issues and documents that serve as ...

Among other bishops and diplomats, two cardinals took part: the dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Re, and ...

Pope John XXIII’s goal was to promote evangelism, not to accept secularism.

Pope Leo has dissolved a high-level Catholic commission established to encourage donations to the Vatican, the Vatican said ...

Holy Apostles in Jamestown and Our Lady Peace in Clarence will remain freestanding parishes after a ruling from the Vatican, ...

Michael Bublé, a Catholic who spoke to reporters after meeting the pope, said he was “overwhelmed” and “I’m really still not over the moment.” ...