Deacons

Deacon Rachid Murad offers the chalice to a communicant during his ordination to the diaconate at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Brooklyn, N.Y., May 25, 2019. (OSV News photo/CNS file, Gregory A. Shemitz)

Congress invites deacons to become a ‘Eucharistic bridge’ for the church

As an anticipated 50,000 Catholics descend upon Indianapolis July 17-21 for the 10th National Eucharistic Congress, among them will be a multitude of permanent deacons -- men whom Pope Francis has called "the guardians of service."
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Has the Time Come for Women Deacons? 

“Don’t quit,” a Vatican official once told Phyllis Zagano. She took his advice and continues to advocate for ordaining women as deacons in the Catholic Church. 
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