All ministries that exercise Christ’s priesthood are essential.
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Category: Ordained Ministry
Traditionalist Tragedy in Saginaw
The young pastor was removed for causing divisions in the parish.
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Question about a Roman Rite liturgical practice
The priest uses his own private chalice, and his own paten and host??
Read morePaderborn Archdiocese Accepts Seminarians with Homosexual Orientation
From Kirche und Leben: The Catholic Archdiocese of Paderborn in Germany will expressly accept homosexual candidates for ordination, according to seminary rector Michael Menke-Peitzmeyer, provided
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The Future of Women Deacons—A Report on the Symposium
Less news than expected, but more food for thought.
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The Future of Women Deacons – updated
This promises to be a significant discussion.
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Church, Ordination, and Power
Some thoughts about how the Catholic Church should deal with structures of power.
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Report on female deacons has been given to the Pope
The short report sought to clarify the historical record.
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Ordering the Body: 1. Unity in Difference
The first of a series on the Sacrament of Order. This piece begins to consider why the sacrament has that name and why the latin name is singular (“order”) and not plural (“orders”).
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Austrian Bishop: People Call for Married Priests and Female Deacons
If the Eucharist is to be the font, center, and summit of the Church’s life, something has to change.
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