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Five Catholic women who dream of ordination as deacons
The Vatican decided to restore the ancient practice of permanent deacons after the Second Vatican Council in 1967 but ...
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10% of priests in this Catholic diocese in England are married. Here's a look inside their daily lives.
Fr. Clive Dytor is one of many married ex-Anglican clergy who quit the Church of England in the wake of its 1992 decision to ...
Rockville Centre Diocese takes steps to combat abusive priests, but some say it's not enough
The diocese now vigorously screens candidates for the priesthood and immediately removes any clergy member credibly accused ...
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Sent to South America: Did German Catholics hide abusers?
Priests accused of sexual abuse in Germany went to work overseas as missionaries. Did the Catholic Church help them? A research team spent months investigating. After two teenagers accused ...
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Fasting and Abstinence during Lent
As always, when considering acts of penance that are stricter than the norm, it is important that the Catholic would speak with a priest or spiritual director. Any act of penance that would ...
Catholic News Agency4d
Christ’s priesthood continues today through the Sacrament of Holy Orders
This is what the Church means by saying that the priest, by virtue of the sacrament ... the Head]” (“Catechism of the Catholic Church 1545, 1548). “And he took bread, and when he had given ...
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Inanam lad Deacon Leslie ordained Jesuit priest
Inanam lad Deacon Leslie J Bingkasan was ordained priest for the Society of Jesus on 1 Sept 2017 ... when he resigned and worked as a journalist at the Herald Catholic Weekly (2002-2004). He entered ...
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Will homosexuals be able to become priests more easily in Italy?
The Italian Bishops’ Conference (CEI) published a series of norms regarding the formation of future priests ... by the Congregation for Catholic Education on the criteria for vocational ...