At synod, DDF prefect addresses women's study group furor

Cardinal Fernández was responding to criticisms from synod members.

Doctrinal chief Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández told synod on synodality delegates Monday that a Vatican study group is focused broadly on women’s role in the Church, rather than specifically on the question of women deacons.

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, pictured in London, England, …