For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...

But a papal commission examining the question said further study was required, and advised that women should be given other ...

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

The women meet all the requirements except one: they're not men. As deacons, they could preach at Mass and preside over baptisms, weddings and funerals.

An Evangelical theologian has questioned the theological coherence of a recent Vatican doctrinal note addressing the ...

The Governorate of Vatican City State has announced the origins of the fir tree and Nativity scene that will adorn St.

In the evocative new documentary Nuns vs the Vatican, director Lorena Luciano sets out to illuminate the stories of silence, ...

A high-level Vatican commission voted against allowing Catholic women to serve as deacons, maintaining the global Church's ...

Pope Leo’s updates to the Vatican labor code attempt to streamline a Curia under pressure, from pension woes to a dwindling ...

Group calls it ‘shocking’ that Vatican commission believes ‘masculinity of Christ is integral part of sacramental identity’ ...

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

The anniversary offers an opportunity to reflect not just on what the document says, but on the young papacy of Leo XIV.