Vatican summit avoids discussing women clergy Church leaders, lay people from 110 nations taking part Pope Francis criticised over stances on women in society Summit expected to issue final ...

The question of women deacons, the document said, "remains open" and "discernment needs to continue". The Catholic Church has an all-male clergy and Pope John Paul II declared it had no authority ...

VATICAN CITY - A major Vatican summit of global Catholic leaders ended on Saturday with a call for women to be granted more leadership roles in the Church but stopped short of calling for women to be ...

But advocates say Francis has taken the issue of women clergy off the table at the synod, by asking the Vatican's typically conservative doctrinal office to take over study of whether women can be ...

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The gathering also does not take a stand on inclusion of the LGBTQ community, despite discussion that it might call on the Church to be more welcoming VATICAN CITY – A major Vatican summit ...