The jarring optics carried a message for the faithful: A forceful, dismissive prince of the church had been succeeded by a quiet, empathetic man dressed simply in brown robe and sandals.

A Brennan Center poll of local election officials released on May 1, 2024, said “a vast majority have taken steps since 2020 ...

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Vatican summit avoids discussing women ... on women clergy in the 1970s, despite a report then from the Vatican's biblical commission that scripture did not prohibit female ministers.

The question of women deacons, the document said, "remains open" and "discernment needs to continue". The Catholic Church has an all-male clergy and ... deacons - ordained ministers who, unlike ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Advocates for a greater role for women ... clergy in the 1970s, despite a report then from the Vatican's biblical commission that scripture did not prohibit female ministers.

The Catholic Church has an all-male clergy and Pope John Paul II declared it had no authority to ordain women as priests. But church historians say there is evidence that in earlier centuries women ...

Vatican Summit Praises Women's Leadership, but Stops Short on Women Clergy By Joshua McElwee VATICAN ... women served as deacons - ordained ministers who, unlike priests, cannot celebrate the ...