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Deaconesses, Baptism and the Eucharist

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From the start, Christian men and women equally received baptism and the Eucharist (e.g. Acts 8:12). This was a radical advance for women over Judaism. Recall that in the Temple, only men were allowed inside the building proper and were adjacent to the area of priestly sacrifice; women had to stay outside in the Women’s Read More

Women in the Diaconate: What Are the Issues?

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Pope Francis repeatedly has declared that the Church does not have the authority to ordain women to the priesthood. He regards the teaching of Pope St. John Paul II in his 1994 apostolic letter Ordinatio Sacerdotalis as final. Many Catholics believe, however, that the possible access of women to the permanent diaconate constitutes a separate Read More