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…