America Media has released a video explainer about the state of the women deacons question. It looks at the history of women deacons and raises the key theological questions in the debate.

Molly Cahill: Interestingly, the oldest reference, and the only deacon mentioned by name in the New Testament is a woman, Phoebe. Paul, the great Christian missionary, entrusted Phoebe to deliver a ...

Vilnius (KNA) Archbishop Georg Gänswein, 68, has officially taken up his post as papal ambassador in Vilnius. The German presented Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda with his credentials as ...

Pope Francis was greeted Sunday afternoon by a crowd of 20,000 people in what he had called “the periphery of the peripheries,” the coastal city of Vanimo in Papua New Guinea. Located in the northwest ...

Arriving in Papua New Guinea, Pope Francis called for greater efforts toward material development and lasting peace in the ...

In a sermon riddled with difficult sayings (“Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you,” “Love your enemies, do good to ...

Today marks the feast of St. Peter Claver, a Jesuit priest who is perhaps best remembered for his ministry to enslaved ...

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Jesus said to Nicodemus: “No one has gone up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man. And just ...