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Recent Examples of diaconate
The diaconate represents the Church’s third degree of holy orders, below the presbyterate, or priests, and episcopate, or bishops.
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Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
5 Dec. 2025
Two commissions studying the question of women in the diaconate, keeping discernment alive even without doctrinal change.
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Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
30 Nov. 2025
During the liturgical celebration, seminarian William O’Donnell, 25, will be ordained to the transitional diaconate.
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Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
As the cardinals of the Catholic Church go into conclave to elect the next pope, many of them are reading a dossier that lists the statements their brother cardinals have made on climate change, allowing women into the diaconate, and the status of the Latin Mass.
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Michael Brendan Dougherty,
National Review,
7 May 2025
Despite two papal commissions studying the diaconate question—first in 2016 and again in 2020—neither produced definitive recommendations.
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Gemma Allen,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
He was ordained to the diaconate in 1971 and to the priesthood in 1972.
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Bryan Marquard,
BostonGlobe.com,
3 Sep. 2023
The role of female deacons likely ended in the 12th Century when the diaconate became a steppingstone to the priesthood, Stanton said.
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Susan Degrane,
chicagotribune.com,
30 Mar. 2022
Brignac pleaded to be let into the diaconate.
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David A. Hammer,
NOLA.com,
16 Dec. 2020
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
5 Dec. 2025
Two commissions studying the question of women in the diaconate, keeping discernment alive even without doctrinal change.
—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
30 Nov. 2025
During the liturgical celebration, seminarian William O’Donnell, 25, will be ordained to the transitional diaconate.
—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
As the cardinals of the Catholic Church go into conclave to elect the next pope, many of them are reading a dossier that lists the statements their brother cardinals have made on climate change, allowing women into the diaconate, and the status of the Latin Mass.
—
Michael Brendan Dougherty,
National Review,
7 May 2025
Despite two papal commissions studying the diaconate question—first in 2016 and again in 2020—neither produced definitive recommendations.
—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
He was ordained to the diaconate in 1971 and to the priesthood in 1972.
—
Bryan Marquard,
BostonGlobe.com,
3 Sep. 2023
The role of female deacons likely ended in the 12th Century when the diaconate became a steppingstone to the priesthood, Stanton said.
—
Susan Degrane,
chicagotribune.com,
30 Mar. 2022
Brignac pleaded to be let into the diaconate.
—
David A. Hammer,
NOLA.com,
16 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diaconate
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The Curia is also seriously underfunded and understaffed for the duties it is supposed to carry out, including the selection, vetting, appointment, and supervision of an episcopate that today consists of more than 5,000 Catholic bishops around the world.
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Casa Carolina Hotel What was originally the presbytery of the Santa Catalina de Alejandría Cathedral is now one of Cartagena's newest boutique hotels, Casa Carolina.
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Inside Brixworth Church The choir, or presbytery—the heart of the church—is separated from the nave by a large arch.
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According to Reuters, the United States and European Union raised concerns that the resolution could be interpreted as creating a hierarchy among crimes against humanity by treating some atrocities as more serious than others.
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The result is a club conceived without the hierarchies that characterize some of its London counterparts—members shaped not by title or industry, but by curiosity and shared sensibility.
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Where are the clergy who once locked arms and marched for progress?
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The decision to end TPS will also impact Florida’s Catholic workforce and clergy.
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