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Vatican Publishes Study Ruling Out Women’s Ordination to the Diaconate for Now

The move follows a commission finding that research remains split on the question, prompting calls for further study plus new non‑ordained ministries for women.

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Vatican Publishes Commission Report That Rules Out Women Deacons for Now

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At Jubilee of Choirs Mass, Pope Leo XIV Calls Sacred Music a Ministry of Unity, Not Performance

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Pritzker Meets Pope Leo XIV in Rome, Invites Chicago-Born Pontiff to Visit

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Detroit Archdiocese Launches Two-Year Overhaul That Could Merge Parishes and Close Churches

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Vatican Opens Inquiry Into Swiss Guard Over Alleged Antisemitic Gesture Toward Jewish Visitors

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Pope León XIV Marks All Souls’ Day at Rome Cemetery With Message That ‘No One Is Lost’

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Pope Leone XIV Canonizes Seven at St. Peter's, Including Venezuela's 'Doctor of the Poor' and Bartolo Longo

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Prosecutors Probe Blaze That Gutted 17th-Century Bernaga Monastery

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Man Urinates on St. Peter’s Altar During Mass, Vatican Says Suspect Has Serious Mental Disability

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Pope Leo XIV Urges Every Parish to Join World Mission Sunday on Oct. 19

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Ronald Cornelissen Consecrated Bishop of Groningen–Leeuwarden at Sint Jozefkathedraal

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Pope León XIV to Bless Señor de los Milagros at St. Peter’s During Rome Procession on Oct. 18–19

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Rosario Draws Crowds for Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary With Citywide Procession

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Pope Leo XIV Canonizes Carlo Acutis as the Church’s First Millennial Saint

Catholic Church History

Vatican Publishes Study Ruling Out Women’s Ordination to the Diaconate for Now

Vatican Publishes Commission Report That Rules Out Women Deacons for Now

At Jubilee of Choirs Mass, Pope Leo XIV Calls Sacred Music a Ministry of Unity, Not Performance

Pritzker Meets Pope Leo XIV in Rome, Invites Chicago-Born Pontiff to Visit

Detroit Archdiocese Launches Two-Year Overhaul That Could Merge Parishes and Close Churches

Vatican Opens Inquiry Into Swiss Guard Over Alleged Antisemitic Gesture Toward Jewish Visitors

Pope León XIV Marks All Souls’ Day at Rome Cemetery With Message That ‘No One Is Lost’

Pope Leone XIV Canonizes Seven at St. Peter's, Including Venezuela's 'Doctor of the Poor' and Bartolo Longo

Prosecutors Probe Blaze That Gutted 17th-Century Bernaga Monastery

Man Urinates on St. Peter’s Altar During Mass, Vatican Says Suspect Has Serious Mental Disability

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Pope Leo XIV Urges Every Parish to Join World Mission Sunday on Oct. 19

Ronald Cornelissen Consecrated Bishop of Groningen–Leeuwarden at Sint Jozefkathedraal

Pope León XIV to Bless Señor de los Milagros at St. Peter’s During Rome Procession on Oct. 18–19

Rosario Draws Crowds for Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary With Citywide Procession

Pope Leo Appoints Archbishop Filippo Iannone to Lead Dicastery for Bishops

Pope Names James Checchio Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans

José Antonio Satué Installed as Bishop of Málaga

Pope Leo XIV Turns 70 as Quiet Early Pontificate Takes Shape

Virgen de Luján Mosaic, Backed by Argentina, Enthroned in Vatican Gardens

Pope Leo XIV Canonizes Carlo Acutis as the Church’s First Millennial Saint

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