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Many activists hoped that female ordination – which has been held as inadmissible for debate by the Catholic Church for over a millennium – would be discussed at the Synod on Synodality underway at the Vatican.
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Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2023
There remain deep divisions even among women over the ordination of women as deacons.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
In a Catholic diocese, a cathedral serves as the bishop's home church and the site of important religious events for the diocese such as the ordination of new priests and the annual Chrism Mass, where the oils used in sacraments throughout the diocese are blessed, traditionally on Holy Thursday.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
Proponents of women’s ordination received slightly more encouragement, as the Vatican meeting called for further research into the possibility of women deacons.
—Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2023
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Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2023
There remain deep divisions even among women over the ordination of women as deacons.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
In a Catholic diocese, a cathedral serves as the bishop's home church and the site of important religious events for the diocese such as the ordination of new priests and the annual Chrism Mass, where the oils used in sacraments throughout the diocese are blessed, traditionally on Holy Thursday.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
Proponents of women’s ordination received slightly more encouragement, as the Vatican meeting called for further research into the possibility of women deacons.
—Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2023
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“Ordination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordination. Accessed 17 Sep. 2024.
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