The message, centered on selfless service and forgiveness, emphasized three fundamental aspects of diaconal ministry: ...

“The deacon is a minister of evangelization, a permanent and ordained sign and witness of Christ’s ministry of service,” ...

Bishop Dennis Sullivan poses for a photo with the men called to holy orders for the permanent diaconate. From left, ...

3-7) showed, advocates of women's ordination say, how urgent the community's needs for deacons can be and how women are ready to fill them. For decades, Gladys Whitehouse served the Catholic ...

Archbishop Rino Fisichella, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, celebrated the Mass with 2,500 deacons and ...

Questions about the possibility of opening the diaconate to women were part of the conversation Feb. 21 at Rome's Basilica of ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “Being ordained is not an ascent but a descent, whereby we make ourselves small, lower ourselves and ...

Von George, who became an ordained Roman Catholic deacon less than one month ago in a moving ceremony at the Allentown ... The diocese moved up his ordination liturgy to Aug.

(WLUC) - The Diocese of Marquette has ordained a new deacon, Zack Mazurek, following an ordination ceremony Friday ... his parents to keep attached to the Catholic faith. He was a regular altar ...

Deacon candidates lie prostrate during their ordination ceremony at St. Peter's Basilica, Feb. 23, 2025. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA During the Feb. 23 historic ceremony, 23 men from eight ...