Vatican body rejects female deacons but says matter not final
A new summary text of nearly 10 years of Vatican work into whether women can access Holy Orders has now been published.
(Pelican+) — The Vatican’s long awaited study on female deacons reported Thursday that it is impossible to admit women to the sacrament of Holy Orders, but bizarrely tried to simultaneously claim that a “definitive judgement” on this could not yet be formed.
Published without warning online, the Vatican presented the findings of the second commission for…
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