Photo courtesy of John Witchger. St. Phoebe, called a deacon by St. Paul in his letter to the Romans, is commemorated in the Roman Catholic tradition on Sept. 3. In celebrating her feast day ...

Deacons are ordained ministers who assist Catholic bishops and priests. They can preach, perform baptisms, solemnize marriages, and preside over wake or funeral services, but are not allowed to ...

Von George, who became an ordained Roman Catholic deacon less than one month ago in a moving ceremony at the Allentown Diocese’s cathedral, has died after a battle with cancer. The diocese moved ...

A Catholic deacon accused of killing at least 10 people - including his own mother - has gone on trial in Belgium. Former nurse Ivo Poppe is suspected of killing his victims by injecting air into ...

Almost a dozen years into this papacy and I am starting to think there’s some truth to it, specifically on the question of restoring women deacons in the Catholic Church. I admit, I’ve been as ...

Women deacons have become the subject of a growing debate in the Catholic Church. During his papacy, Pope Francis has established two papal commissions and one synod study group to investigate the ...

The joint conference of the national organizations for black Catholic clergy, women religious, seminarians and deacons finally made its first stop in Baltimore, a city noted for several firsts on ...

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Capuchin friar Brother Alexander Rodriguez, LaBeouf’s confirmation sponsor, told the Catholic News Agency of the actor's ...

The Synod on Synodality — a multiyear, worldwide process of listening, dialogue, and discernment within the Catholic Church — commenced its second day on Thursday in which 356 participants ...

The ordination of female deacons is no longer on the agenda during ... to tackle some of the thorniest questions facing the Roman Catholic Church. But when bishops and lay people convene Wednesday ...