Sts. Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicholas of Antioch are honored on July 28 Fra Angelico (circa 1395-1455), “The Seven Deacons.” St. Stephen is kneeling; Sts. Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, ...

I’ve been a deacon for only a relatively short time. However, in that short time, a key topic of conversation with my Latin Rite friends and acquaintances has been my title. In the Christian East, ...

August 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the restoration of the permanent diaconate in the church. In the issue of March 22, 2004, the Rev. Joseph DeGrocco, who at the time was director of liturgical ...

(RNS) — The church depends on donations from nations whose better off have been educated on the baptismal equality of all persons. (RNS) — Winston Churchill famously said, “Those who forget history ...

Pope Francis has made it perfectly clear that he opposes ordaining women as deacons. Although I disagree with him, I accept that we are not going to see female deacons during his pontificate. But if ...

The St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, founded by renowned Scripture scholar and longtime EWTN host Dr. Scott Hahn, is moving into a state-of-the-art, consolidated headquarters building in ...