This year marks the 50th anniversary of the renewal of the diaconate as a permanent vocation in the Latin Church. Above, Deacon Greg Kandra blesses the faithful with the Blessed Sacrament in the ...

VANCOUVER, Wash.—Deacon Carl Anderson, whose bearded and patriarchal face adorns the Archdiocese of Seattle's new diaconate handbook, is the epitome of a permanent deacon. The 74-year-old retired ...

TOLEDO - The Toledo Diocese ordained a record number of permanent deacons during an ordination ceremony presided over by Bishop Daniel Thomas at Rosary Cathedral in Toledo. When 20 men joined the ...

The Vatican commission voted against allowing women to serve as deacons, maintaining the Church's all-male clergy tradition. Despite the ongoing debate, the commission advised further study on the ...

Shia LaBeouf continues on his journey of finding God with deeper commitments! Per a new report, the actor has officially joined the Catholic Church and reportedly aspires to become a deacon despite ...

Pope Francis, rounding out his synod of Amazonian clergy, announced Saturday that he would be reopening a commission to study the history of women as deacons in the early days of the Catholic Church.

For hundreds of years a man's ordination as a deacon in the Roman Catholic Church was considered a temporary status. It was as a deacon that a future priest could study, learn, pray and reflect as he ...

Permanent deacons offer a unique witness to lay people, priests and bishops as well as a constant reminder of the Christian vocation to charity, said Archbishop Charles Chaput this week. “With ...