Kyriaki Karidoyanes FitzGerald was an 18-year-old theology student when a priest at Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School in Brookline, Mass., thrust a book into her hands. To her surprise ...

Bishop David Zubik will ordain eight men as permanent deacons for the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh on Saturday. The ordination will take place at 10 a.m. at St. Paul Cathedral in Oakland. “Their ...

The International Theological Commission approved a study on the diaconate during its meeting in Rome from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4, 2001. The question of women deacons has been before the commission for at ...

Five Westmoreland County men are set to become permanent deacons this weekend with the Diocese of Greensburg. Their ordination will take place at a 10 a.m. Mass Saturday at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral ...

With dwindling vocations to the priesthood, especially in the West, the cry for women deacons is getting stronger, even while some fear a mixed-gender diaconate might serve to reinforce clericalism in ...

A commission set up by Pope Francis to study women deacons has voted against the possibility of ordaining women deacons while also supporting more study on the issue. It also expressed hope that women ...

The 5½-year wait for Paul Patrick Márquez ended Oct. 1 before a packed Holy Spirit Catholic Church as he joined 16 other men in becoming ordained as deacons in the Diocese of Fresno. Following a ...